Marc Burrows is a London based writer, stand up comic and musician, writing regularly for The Guardian, Observer, Drowned in Sound, The Quietus and more. In 2014 he compiled and edited I Think I Can See Where You're Going Wrong, a collection of the funniest comments from the Guardian website, published by Faber and Faber. People got it for Christmas and read it on the loo, and he was happy with that. He has performed several one-man shows at the Edinburgh Fringe, the most recent of which, Mind Your Head, focused on a lifetime of struggles with his mental health. He also plays bass in the cult punk band, The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing and can be found regularly touring the UK and USA. He discovered the works of Terry Pratchett when his Mum lent him The Colour of Magic as an eleven-year-old, and spent the next week annoying his classmates by reading the funniest bits out loud. He has never looked back. Find him on Twitter at @20thcenturymarc.
"...affable and consistently engaging... Burrow's buoyant,
pun-pepperd, and aptly footnote-flecked style... helpfully marries
his subject matter, propelling us through decade after decade of a
heavily writing-centric life while illuminating Pratchett's
complexities and contradictions without any drag in the tempo."--
"Locus Magazine"
"In this encompassing biography of the prolific fantasy and
science-fiction author, writer and comedian Burrows details both
the writing accomplishments and the personal life of Sir Terry
Pratchett. With his start as an amateur astronomer, Pratchett's
journey to his love of books was encouraged by his mother, Eileen,
who bribed him with a copy of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the
Willows. This led to an adventure to the Beaconsfield Library and
an after-school job that gave him access to a cornucopia of
material to feed his young mind and his budding writer's
imagination. In the summer of 1959, Pratchett wrote a short story
for his school magazine about an advertising executive asked by the
devil to improve hell's reputation. This began an epic life of
creating stories and books for both children and adults, and his
path to joining the sf/fantasy community--there he found his
people. His first work for children, The Carpet People, led to the
41-volume Discworld series. By the time of his death in 2015,
Pratchett enriched generations of readers with his comedic,
fantastical works. Burrows spoke to friends and family, and this
biography has moments of sadness, especially when discussing
Pratchett's fight with Alzheimer's. But the book is also funny and
conversational in tone, and an excellent tribute to a beloved
author."-- "Booklist"
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