Terry Pratchett

Terence David John Pratchett OBE (known to some fans as Pterry, following the convention he used in his book Pyramids where characters were given names such as Ptraci and Pteppic) is an English fantasy author (born April 28, 1948, in Beaconsfield, Bucks), best known for his Discworld series. As of March 2005 he has sold approximately 40 million books worldwide.

Orangutans

Pratchett's interest in orangutans is not confined to the Librarian, one of his most popular fictional characters. He has also done work for the Orang-Utan Foundation including visiting Borneo with a Channel 4 film crew to make an episode of "Jungle Quest", seeing orangutans in their natural habitat. Following Pratchett's lead, fan events such as the Discworld Conventions have adopted the Orang-Utan Foundation as their nominated charity. At these conventions, if Pratchett is attending, there is a traditional auction in which fans can bid money to have their name included in the next Discworld book. All proceeds go to the Orangutan Foundationhttp://www.orangutan.org/home/home.php.

Related Topics:
Orangutan - The Librarian - Borneo - Channel 4

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