Terry Pratchett is the acclaimed creator of the global best-selling Discworld series, the first of which, The Color of Magic, was published in 1983. In all, he is the author of 50 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 37 languages.