Farewell Sir Terry Pratchett
Fantasy Author
1948-2015
Called the "master of humorous fantasy" by a critic for Publishers Weekly, British author Terry Pratchett won the prestigious Carnegie Medal in 2002 for his novel The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents. Author of numerous science fiction and fantasy novels, Pratchett was known primarily for his Discworld series and his Bromeliad trilogy for children. Discworld offered humorous parodies of other famous science fiction and fantasy writers, such as J. R. R. Tolkien or Larry Niven, and spoofs such modern trends as New Age philosophy and universal concerns like death. Pratchett was knighted in 2009.
Sir Terry Pratchett
died aged 66, eight years after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. His final tweet was "The end."
Sources:
Terry Pratchett." Authors and Artists for Young Adults. Vol. 54. Detroit: Gale, 2004. Biography in Context. Web. 12 Mar. 2015.
"Sir Terry Pratchett, renowned fantasy author, dies aged 66," BBC, http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-31858156
