Terry Pratchett

...mom and a pitbull? Lipstick.' New quotes also come from the likes of British authors Terry Pratchett and Philip Pullman, Stephen Hawking, Barack Obama and late radio host and jazz musician Humphrey Lyttelton. The dictionary publishes, for...

In this article: Paris Hilton, Confucius, Stephen Hawking, Philip Pullman, Winston Churchill, and Sarah Palin

...mom and a pitbull? Lipstick.' Others come from the likes of British authors Terry Pratchett and Philip Pullman, Stephen Hawking, Aung San Suu Kyi and late comedy host and jazzman Humphrey Lyttelton. Some are not as new as they seem.

In this article: Paris Hilton, Confucius, Oscar Wilde, Oxford Dictionary, Stephen Hawking, Tony Blair, U.S., Philosophers, and Dog

...of life, ranging from businessmen and politicians to authors and musicians. Atheist authors include Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, Phillip Pullman and Isaac Asimov, while non-believers also include Pink Floyd singer David Gilmour, musician...

In this article: God, Buddhism, Douglas Adams, Bertrand Russell, Joss Whedon, Big Bang, Nihilism, and Christianity

...dog pulling a stupid face; anything." He has illustrated authors including J. R. R. Tolkien, Diana Wynne Jones, Terry Pratchett, Geraldine McCaughrean, Philip Pullman, Terry Deary and Brian Jacques. David is the illustrator of Larklight,...

In this article: Geraldine McCaughrean, Border Collie, Dog, Brian Jacques, Terry Deary, Philip Reeve, Diana Wynne Jones, and J. R. R. Tolkien

...fantasy writer, or that's how I started and what I believe I still am. " As it turns out, my needling of Pratchett about his status soon looks pretty redundant. There is the knighthood, and then the announcement that the National Theatre...

In this article: Discworld, Alzheimer's disease, Nation, Harry Potter, Philip Pullman, and Iris Murdoch

...of the His Dark Materials trilogy. They include JK Rowling, Anthony Horowitz, Terry Pratchett, Alan Garner and the four writers who have held the Children's Laureate title - Quentin Blake, Anne Fine, Jacqueline Wilson and Michael Rosen.

In this article: Harry Potter, JK Rowling, Anne Fine, Quentin Blake, Anthony Horowitz, Jacqueline Wilson, Michael Rosen, and Alan Garner

As should already be clear, Nation is -- as Terry Pratchett tells us in his author's note -- "set in a parallel universe, a phenomenon known only to advanced physicists and anyone who has ever watched any episode of any SF series, anywhere."

In this article: Nation, Discworld, Crocodile, Rum, and City Watch

...to comfort rather than challenge. Writers who Moorcock cites approvingly, in contrast to his treatment of Tolkien, Lewis and Adams, include Terry Pratchett, Ursula K. Le Guin and Alan Garner. Moorcock's most recent revisions to the...

In this article: Michael Moorcock, J. R. R. Tolkien, Winnie-the-Pooh, Alan Garner, The Wind in the Willows, His Dark Materials, and C. S. Lewis

...the most high-profile. Terry Pratchett, Alexander McCall-Smith and three previous Children's Laureates Quentin Blake, Anne Fein and Jacqueline Wilson have signed up alongside Michael Rosen, the current one. Earlier this summer, plans...

In this article: J K Rowling, Philip Pullman, Jacqueline Wilson, Michael Rosen, Random House, Scholastic, Harry Potter, and Society of Authors