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.

Other non-Discworld books by Pratchett

• Strata (though this does feature a disc shaped world, the novel is more a parody of Larry Niven's Ringworld) (Colin Smythe, 1981)
• The Dark Side of the Sun (Colin Smythe, 1976)
• The Carpet People (Pratchett's debut novel, re-released in a substantially rewritten edition after he became famous) (Colin Smythe, 1971)
• A trilogy of children's books (known as The Bromeliad):
• Truckers
• Diggers
• Wings
• Good Omens (co-written with Neil Gaiman)
• The Unadulterated Cat (with Gray Jolliffe. A homage to real cats)
• A trilogy of children's books about Johnny Maxwell, who sees dead people, aliens and a variety of other bizarre things:
• Only You Can Save Mankind
• Johnny and the Dead
• Johnny and the Bomb
• Once More* *With Footnotes - a collection of articles, introductions and short stories, published by NESFA.