article_snippet.sent: Tom Weldon, from publishers Penguin Random House, said: 'It is a huge privilege to be publishing Sir Terry Pratchett
article_snippet.sent: ’s writing is loved and respected the world over and this publication will be an incredibly important and special event for us all at Penguin Random House, and for fans and readers everywhere.'
article_snippet.sent: Before that Sir Terry had been a journalist, writing for the Bucks Free Press, the Western Daily Press and finally the Bath Chronicle.
article_snippet.sent: Born to David and Eileen Pratchett in Beconsfield, Buckinghamshire .
article_snippet.sent: Published Sir Terry first book, The Carpet People, which received good reviews but generated only modest sales .
article_snippet.sent: By this point Sir Terry is thought to be writing by dictation .
article_snippet.sent: Sir Terry was first published in 1971 with novel 
article_snippet.sent: The Carpet People, but Sir Terry career as a writer did not truly take off until The Colour of Magic was printed.
article_snippet.sent: Sir Terry was born in 1948, the only child of a working-class couple - Sir father was a mechanic - and brought up in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire.