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Terry Pratchett : A Life with Footnotes
The Official Biography

Exclusively Signed by the Author, Rob Wilkins. Winner of the British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Non-Fiction.

&#;Always readable, illuminating and honest. It made me miss the real Terry.&#; —Neil Gaiman

&#;Sometimes joyfully, sometimes painfully, intimate . . . it is wonderful to have this closeup picture of the writer&#;s working life.&#; — Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Observer

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At the time of his death in , award-winning and bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett was working on his finest story yet &#; his own.

The creator of the phenomenally bestselling Discworld series, Terry Pratchett was known and loved around the world for his hugely popular books, his smart satirical humour and the humanity of his campaign work. But that&#;s only part of the picture.

Before his untimely death, Terry was writing a memoir: the story of a boy who aged six was told by his teacher that he would never amount to anything and spent the rest of his life proving him wrong. For Terry lived a life full of astonishing achievements: becoming one of the UK&#;s bestselling and most beloved writers, winning the prestigious Carnegie Medal and being awarded a knighthood.

Now, the book Terry sadly couldn&#;t finish has been written by Rob Wilkins, his former assistant, friend and now head of the Pratchett literary estate. Drawing on his own extensive memories, along with those of the author&#;s family, friends and colleagues, Rob unveils the full picture of Terry&#;s life &#; from childhood to his astonishing writing career, and how he met and coped with what he called the &#;Embuggerance&#; of Alzheimer&#;s disease.

A deeply moving and personal portrait of the extraordinary life of Sir Terry Pratchett, written with unparalleled insight and filled with funny anecdotes, this is the only official biography of one of our finest authors.

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The Official Terry Pratchett Biography . . . with footnotes!

At the time of his death in , our favourite author Sir Terry Pratchett was working on his finest story yet &#; his own. This is the story of a master storyteller, told by Terry himself and completed by his friend, assistant & guardian of Pratchett&#;s literary estate Rob Wilkins.

At six years old, our friend and favourite writer of books Terry Pratchett was told by his headteacher that he would never amount to anything. He spent the rest of his life proving that teacher wrong. At sixty-six, Terry had lived a life full of achievements: becoming one of the UK&#;s bestselling writers, winning the Carnegie Medal and being awarded a knighthood for services to literature.

&#;Of all the dead authors in the world, Terry Pratchett is the most alive.&#;
&#; John Lloyd

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In the discipline of history, the "classic" version of footnote (or endnote - either one is a "note") remains standard. In general, historians are interested in the date and place of publication of a source, which may indicate bias. Some instructors may prefer to have the publisher listed as well. Follow the formats below for citing your sources in notes.

Placing a Footnote or Endnote

In the text of the paper, a note number is inserted at the end of a sentence, one half-space above the line of text (this is called a superscript). Numbers should run consecutively through the whole paper. They should not be surrounded by brackets or punctuation of any kind; thus: "and with a final charge at the Union cavalry, Stuart's Brigade carried the day." 14

To insert a footnote or an endnote in Microsoft Word, use the following steps:

1. Place the cursor where you would like to insert the footnote or endnote.
2. Click Insert.
3. Click Footnote.
4. Click either Footnote or Endnote.
5. Click OK.
6. Type the note in the footnote or endnote pane.
7. When you are finished typing the footnote or endnote, click Close.

Avoid Anonymous Quotes

Remember to introduce the author of each quotation. Placing a footnote at the end of a sentence with a quotation is not adequate.

Footnotes versus Endnotes

The full notes are typed out at the bottom of the pages oftext (footnotes) or in a series of pages following the text of the paper (endnotes). Pages of notes following the end of the text should also be numbered consecutively.

Formatting Footnotes and Endnotes

The first line of the note is indented five spaces. To indent the first line of the note in Microsoft Word, use the following steps:

1. Follow the above instructions for inserting a footnote or endnote.
2. In the footnote or endnote pane, place the cursor before the note number.
3. Click tab and the note number will be indented five spaces since the default tab setting is .5"
4. Click OK.

The footnotes and bibliography in any scholarly work have two purposes:

• to acknowledge the author's debt to the work of others
• to enable the reader to locate the sources consulted by the author

To do that, your footnotes and bibliography need to include complete and accurate information about your sources, arranged in a consistent way that does not confuse your reader. At this point in your research, you will all have encountered unhelpful footnotes with mysterious abbreviations, incorrect information, or other problems. 

There are many ways to arrange the information. This is called "style" and there are several common styles in use. Historians generally prefer the style defined by The Chicago Manual of Style, now in its 16th edition. You may have been asked to use other styles for courses in other departments, for example MLA or APA. Always check with your reader to find out if he/she cares about which style you use. When you write for publication, the publisher or journal editor will tell you which style they want you to use.

Why does it matter? Correct style will make things easier for your reader. And you want the reader to think about your ideas, not the messy punctuation at the bottom of the page.