Sir Terence David John Pratchett, OBE more commonly known as Terry Pratchett, was an English novelist, known for his frequently comical work in the fantasy genre. He is best-known for his popular and long-running Discworld series of comic fantasy novels. Pratchett's first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971, and since his first Discworld novel (The Colour of Magic) was published in 1983, he has written two books a year on average.
Pratchett was the UK's best-selling author of the 1990s, and as of December 2007 had sold more than 55 million books worldwide, with translations made into 36 languages.
He is currently the second most-read writer in the UK, and seventh most-read non-US author in the US. In 2001 he won the Carnegie Medal for his young adult novel The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents.
特里·普拉切特（Terry Pratchett）(1948-2015)，英国著名幻想小说家，有“幻想小说家超级巨星”之称。普拉切特自1983年开始创作供成人阅读的“碟形世界” (TheDiscworld)系列，以讽刺、幽默的笔调塑造了一个神奇却又真实的幻想世界，目前已经完成三十多本，但故事还在继续……该系列已被翻译成三十多种文字，作者本人也因此获得“英国最佳幻想小说奖”，并因其“为文学做出的贡献”于1998年在英国女王的生日庆典上被授予英帝国的“四等勋爵士”称号。
