Terrence David John Pratchett:
born 28 April 1948 Beaconsfield, Bucks. Major
source of education: Beaconsfield Public Library (though school must have been of some
little help). After passing his 11-plus in 1959, he attended High Wycombe Technical High
School rather than the local grammar because he felt 'woodwork would be more fun than
Latin'. At this time he had no real vision of what he wanted to do with his life, and
remembers himself as a 'nondescript student'.
