Terry Pratchett

"Mum had done everything you need to educate a kid. She made me a kid who likes books and she told me about 'Wind in the Willows' and read it and I thought this is weird, Rat, Mole, Toad and my first ever Bolshie thought - you know about 'The Wind in the Willows.'"

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Source: Sir Terry Pratchett: hallucinating gently for a living. Interview with Corinne Podger, www.abc.net.au. April 30, 2011.

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Terry Pratchett

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Terry Pratchett was a British author known for his satirical fantasy series 'Discworld', which explores complex themes through humor and wit.

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