Terry Pratchett is the acclaimed creator of the Discworld® series, started in 1983 with The Colour of Magic and now, with Snuff, numbering thirty-nine novels. Worldwide sales of his books are in excess of 70 million, and they have been translated into thirty-seven languages. Terry Pratchett was awarded an OBE in 1998, and was knighted for services to literature in 2009.