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Pratchett

/ ˈprætʃɪt /

noun

  1. PratchettTerence (David John)1948MBritishWRITING: writer Sir Terence ( David John ), known as Terry . born 1948, British writer, noted for his comic fantasy novels in the Discworld series
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Participating IBD retailers will carry affordable limited-edition publications of popular titles like signed copies of Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham’s children’s book “Bubbly Beautiful Kitty-Corn”; a special paperback edition of “A Stroke of the Pen,” a collection of lost short stories by satirical fantasy author Terry Pratchett; and “Becoming Who We Are,” a biographical comic book, aimed at teen readers, that collects the coming-out stories of nine trans adults.

The story is based on the work of Terry Pratchett, specifically a volume in his 41-book Discworld series.

"Poor mermaids, in tales they're always being kidnapped or dragged somewhere or shot - they're treated really terribly, they're not usually happy stories," said Pratchett.

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Pratchett said when she was a child her paternal grandparents would tell her a story about local giants when she visited them in Clyro in Powys, mid Wales.

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Rhianna Pratchett grew up being told fantastical stories by her father, the late fantasy author Sir Terry Pratchett, and being taken to sci-fi and fantasy conventions around the world.

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