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terry pratchett
The man with the three lives
“All witches are selfish, the Queen had said. But Tiffany’s Third Thoughts said: Then turn selfishness into a weapon! Make all things yours! Make other lives and dreams and hopes yours! Protect them! Save them! Bring them into the sheepfold! Walk the gale for them! Keep away the wolf! My dreams! My brother! My family! My land! My world! How dare you try to take these things, because they are mine!” ― Quote by Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men (Discworld, 30) (The famous author Sir Terry Pratchett)
Terence David John also called Terry Pratchett is an English author. He was born in 1948 April 28 in Beaconsfield, England. Terry Pratchett is an only child. His Discworld series is the most famous books of all the books he had published. Terry Pratchett began to write when he was 13-years old and his first book was published when Terry Pratchett was in the age of the 23. Terry Pratchett is educated as a journalist. Though his work with interviewing celebrity could he publishes books because he got to know some people in the publishing business.
In his everyday life he writes, goes walks, sits at his computer, he say.
Terry Pratchett is known for wearing long pointed black hats. “ His style has been described as more that of urban cowboy than city gen”1. In 2008 Terry Pratchett was given the title “Sir”.
Terry Pratchett’s daughter is also a writer. Terry Pratchett writes fantasy novels and in 1996 he was the most top selling author in the UK. Terry Pratchett is now the second most read author in the UK. His books are translated to 37 different languages. In the U.S Terry Pratchett is number seventh in the list over not American most read author.2
Terry Pratchett writes two books a year and he had written 43 books in the Discworld series until now. When Terry Pratchett was young his dream was to be an astronomer one day and it is maybe why he has created

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