to Terry Pratchett published in 2001 (). Writers Uncovered: Terry Pratchett is a biography for young readers by Vic Parker, published by Heinemann Library in 2006 (). A BBC docudrama based on Pratchett's life. Terry Pratchett: Back In Black was broadcast in February 2017 and starred Paul Kaye as Pratchett. Neil Gaiman was involved with the project which used Pratchett's own words. Terry's long term assistant Rob Wilkins stated that Terry was working on this documentary before he died, and according to the BBC, finishing it would "show the author was still having the last laugh". English author, critic and performer Marc Burrows wrote an unofficial biography of Pratchett, The Magic of Terry Pratchett, published by Pen & Sword on 6 July 2020 (). Though it was not endorsed by the Pratchett estate, prior to its publication they did wish Burrows "all the best" regarding the book through the official Pratchett Twitter account. The Magic of Terry Pratchett met with generally favourable reviews, and won the 2021 Locus Award for Non-Fiction. In 2022, Wilkins himself wrote Terry Pratchett: A Life with Footnotes which is subtitled The Official Biography. The biography was well-received: in The Daily Telegraph, Tristram Fane Saunders wrote that "The joy of this biography by Wilkins is that it spins magic from mundanity in precisely the way Pratchett himself did." Arms References Works cited External links Bookclub: BBC's James Naughtie and a group of readers talk to Terry Pratchett about his book Mort (audio) Terry Pratchett Archive at Senate House Library, University of London Terry Pratchett talking about The Long Earth with Stephen Baxter , Royal Institution video, 21 June 2012 Terry Pratchett Desert Island Discs interview, 1997 12 October 2009 radio interview discussing 'Unseen Academicals' and brain donation at BBC Wiltshire Out of the shadows : Four videos in which Terry Pratchett reveals what it was like to be diagnosed with posterior cortical atrophy (PCA), a rare variant of Alzheimer's disease. 2 May 2007 Live Webchat transcript at Douglas Adams Continuum Meeting Mr Pratchett at The Age On-line video interview for Czech TV (24. 4. 2011) Discworld Monthly has been providing monthly Terry Pratchett news since May 1997 Interview with Terry Pratchett, 1994 1948 births 2015 deaths 20th-century English novelists 21st-century British novelists Absurdist fiction British Book Award winners Carnegie Medal in Literature winners Chess variant inventors Comedy fiction writers Deaths from Alzheimer's disease English atheists English