Sir Terry Pratchett

Pratchett wrote 70 books in his lifetime. His first story, Business Rivals, was published in 1962 when he was just 13. The following year the story was republished commercially with the title The Hades Business. Pratchett used the money he earned to by his first typewriter.

A timeline of Pratchett's life and career can be found at About Sir Terry.

According to a piece written by Neil Gaiman for the Guardian much of Pratchett's work is about fairness and fueled by anger at critics including the headmaster who believed "six-year-old Terry Pratchett would never be smart enough" (2014). This sense of fairness and anger at things that are unfair is part of why Pratchett's stories are loved by readers around the world.