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Terry Pratchett sold his first short story, The
Hades Business, at the tender age of 13 and bought a typewriter with the
proceeds. His first novel, The Carpet People, was published when he was
23 and he continued to write in his spare time while working on local
newspapers. Oddly in his thirties he left journalism, and spent the next
eight years as a press officer for the Central Electricity Generating
Board. And then in 1983 The Colour of Magic, the first Discworld novel,
was published and the rest is - as they say - history.
In 1987 Terry realised that writing was his future and he gave up
his job. These days, he lives behind a keyboard in Wiltshire and says
he 'doesn't want to get a life, because it feels as though he is trying
to lead three already'. He is passionate about orang-utans but doesn't
give a monkey's about anything else.
As well as being awarded an OBE in 1998 and an honorary Doctorate of
Literature from Warwick University in 1999, he is one of the most popular
authors writing today. He has sold more than 45 million books and his
work has been translated into 27 languages.
Making Money
 The Chief Cashier is almost certainly a vampire. There’s something nameless in the cellar (and the cellar itself is pretty nameless) and a lot of people want him dead.
Everywhere he looks he’s making enemies.
What he should be doing is . . . Making Money!
Hogfather
 It’s the night before Hogswatch and it’s too quiet. There’s something horribly amiss as the big fat man who delivers the toys is gone. The sun won’t rise if he’s not found. Worse still, someone is coming down the chimney. This time he’s carrying a sack instead of a scythe, but there’s something regrettably familiar... Ho. Ho. Ho. It’s true what they say. ‘You’d better watch out...’ Don’t miss the film, showing in 2 parts on Sky One in December, starring the fantastic David Jason as Albert!
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