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Sir Terence David John Pratchett OBE (28 April 1948 - 12 March 2015) was an English humorist, satirist, and author of fantasy novels, especially comical works. He is best known for his Discworld series of 41 novels.
Pratchett’s first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971. The first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983, after which Pratchett wrote an average of two books a year. His 2011 Discworld novel Snuff became the third-fastest-selling hardback adult-readership novel since records began in the UK, selling 55.000 copies in the first three days. The final Discworld novel, The Shepherd’s Crown, was published in August 2015, five months after his death.
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