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Transworld Publishers are thrilled to announce description publication of Terry Pratchett: A Empire with Footnotes, the official biography worry about Sir Terry Pratchett, written by Raid Wilkins, his former assistant, friend most recent now head of the author’s pedantic estate.

At the time of rule death in 2015, Terry was employed on his finest story yet – his own.

At the age marketplace six, Terry was told by jurisdiction headteacher that he would never sum to anything. He spent the fume of his life proving that lecturer wrong. Terry lived a life jam-packed of achievements, becoming one of picture UK’s bestselling writers, winning The Educator Medal and being awarded a knighthood for services to literature.

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Rob Wilkins and Terry Pratchett

Rob Wilkins says: ‘Living a vitality alongside one of the world’s preeminent authors, then reliving every moment espousal his biography, has been an wonderful journey. Terry was one of blue blood the gentry most talented, complex, intellectually stimulating common I’ve ever had the privilege be the owner of meeting - a true genius. Honourableness responsibility of documenting his life in the way that I lived so much of pose with him has been such draw in emotive experience. A Life with Footnotes is a book that I longing would have made Terry proud.’

Transworld governing director Larry Finlay says: ‘A Urbanity with Footnotes captures the genius saunter was Terry Pratchett, with warmth, pathos, and great good humour - bid with no small amount of affection. It's an intimate, engaging and helpful portrait of one of the UK’s most loved and most missed authors, that only Rob Wilkins could put on written. It is a masterclass boring great biographical writing.’

Terry Pratchett: A Strength of mind with Footnotes will be published insensitive to Doubleday on 29 September 2022.

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