Author. A prolific fantasy writer who published more than 70 novels, he shall undoubtedly be best remembered for his "Discworld" series. Born Terence David John Pratchett, he was raised in Buckinghamshire up to age 10, then in Somerset. A good student and voracious reader, he published a short story entitled "The Hades Business" at 13 and, though he had initially wanted to become an astronomer, left school early to work a a journalist, joining the "Bucks Free Press" in 1965; in time, he mentioned to his editor that he had written a novel, his effort submitted and released as "The Carpet People" in 1971. While continuing with his journalistic career, he was to follow with 1976's "The Dark Side of the Sun" and the 1981 "Strata"; a press officer for the Central Electricity Generating Board in the years after the 1980 Three Mile Island incident, Sir Terry did some 'what if' speculating and in 1983 produced "The Colour of Magic," his initial "Discworld" offering. Set on a flat Earth supported by elephants and populated by a recurring set of characters, one of the most well-liked being the Librarian, a wizard turned into an orangutang by a work-place accident, the books were produced two-a-year, sold upwards of 85 million copies in 37 languages, and were turned into radio, television and stage plays as well as into graphic novels and children's books. Published in 1987, "Mort" was considered to be probably his best work and introduced Death, who always SPOKE IN CAPITAL LETTERS, as a main character in the series; after around 2000 the books became fewer in number and simultaneously more complicated, with "Nightwatch" (2002), the 2003 "Monstrous Regiment," and 2004's "Going Postal" fairly typical of his later output. Named Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1998, he received numerous awards and was Knighted for services to Literature in 2009. Diagnosed with a rare form of early-onset Alzheimer's Disease in 2007, Sir Terry worked as long as he was able while becoming an advocate for the right to assisted suicide. At his death from Alzheimer's Disease, most of his massive literary legacy remained in print.