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RANDOM HOUSE CONGRATULATES SIR TERRY PRATCHETT
Random House is delighted to announce that Terry Pratchett was awarded a
knighthood in the New Year's Honours list. The perfect finale to celebrations
for 25 Years of Discworld in 2008, this is a wonderful and fitting recognition of
Terry's extraordinary talents.
Terry Pratchett is one of the most popular authors writing today and is the
acclaimed creator of the bestselling Discworld series. Long regarded as a
significant satirist, Pratchett has won numerous literary awards, was appointed
OBE in 1998 and has received four honorary doctorates. In December 2007,
Terry released a statement that he had been diagnosed with a rare form of
early-onset Alzheimer's disease. Since then, he has become Patron of The
Alzheimer's Research Trust and has done a great deal of work to raise the
profile of the important fundraising required as well as making a sizeable
donation himself.
Random House is delighted to announce that Terry Pratchett was awarded a
knighthood in the New Year's Honours list. The perfect finale to celebrations
for 25 Years of Discworld in 2008, this is a wonderful and fitting recognition of
Terry's extraordinary talents.
Terry Pratchett is one of the most popular authors writing today and is the
acclaimed creator of the bestselling Discworld series. Long regarded as a
significant satirist, Pratchett has won numerous literary awards, was appointed
OBE in 1998 and has received four honorary doctorates. In December 2007,
Terry released a statement that he had been diagnosed with a rare form of
early-onset Alzheimer's disease. Since then, he has become Patron of The
Alzheimer's Research Trust and has done a great deal of work to raise the
profile of the important fundraising required as well as making a sizeable
donation himself.
