Terry Pratchett is the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series the first
of which The Colour of Magic was published in 1983. In all he is the author of fifty
bestselling books. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen and he is the
winner of multiple prizes including the Carnegie Medal as well as being awarded a knighthood
for services to literature. Worldwide sales of his books now stand at 70 million and they have
been translated into thirty-seven languages. www.terrrypratchett.co.uk Neil Gaiman is the
acclaimed creator of the graphic novel series SANDMAN and of such novels for children as
Coraline and for adults as American Gods. His comics and novels have sold in their tens of
millions. Like Terry his works have been widely adapted for stage and screen and also like
Terry he is the winner of multipleprizes including the Carnegie Medal. Unlike Terry he has
never been awarded a knighthood for services to literature although his mother thinks that
sooner or later the Queen will read one of his books and immediately knight him if she likes it
and that to be on the safe side he should leave out the rude words. He does have the Newbery
Medal though. www.neilgaiman.com
