Editing Terry Pratchett (section)

==Works about Pratchett==
A collection of essays about Pratchett's writings is compiled in the book ''Terry Pratchett: Guilty of Literature'', edited by [[Andrew M. Butler]], [[Edward James (historian)|Edward James]] and [[Farah Mendlesohn]], published by Science Fiction Foundation in 2000. A second, expanded edition was published by Old Earth Books in 2004. Andrew M. Butler wrote the ''Pocket Essentials Guide to Terry Pratchett'' published in 2001. ''Writers Uncovered: Terry Pratchett'' is a biography for young readers by Vic Parker, published by [[Heinemann (book publisher)|Heinemann Library]] in 2006.

A [[BBC]] [[docudrama]] based on Pratchett's life, ''Terry Pratchett: Back In Black'', was broadcast in February 2017, starring [[Paul Kaye]] as Pratchett. [[Neil Gaiman]] was involved with the project which used Pratchett's own words. Pratchett's assistant, Rob Wilkins, said that Pratchett was working on this documentary before he died. According to the BBC, finishing it would "show the author was still having the last laugh".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/15049908.Landmark_Sir_Terry_Pratchett_documentary_partly_filmed_at_BFP_offices_to_air_next_month/|title=Landmark Sir Terry Pratchett documentary partly filmed at BFP offices to air next month|website=Bucks Free Press|date=26 January 2017 }}</ref>

The English author, critic and performer Marc Burrows wrote an unofficial biography, ''The Magic of Terry Pratchett'', published by Pen & Sword on 6 July 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/07/04/untold-story-terry-pratchett-met-roald-dahl/"|title=The untold story of how Terry Pratchett met Roald Dahl|date=4 July 2020|access-date=26 October 2021|publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|author=Dalya Alberge}}</ref> Though it was not endorsed by the Pratchett estate, prior to its publication they did wish Burrows "all the best" regarding the book through the official Pratchett Twitter account.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=terryandrob|number=1244929745730617346|title=It isn't an official or authorised biography...}}</ref> It received generally favourable reviews and won the 2021 [[Locus Award]] for Non-Fiction.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://locusmag.com/2021/06/2021-locus-awards-winners/|access-date=26 October 2021|date=26 June 2021|title=2021 Locus Awards Winners|publisher=[[Locus Magazine]]}}</ref>

In 2022, Wilkins wrote the official biography, ''Terry Pratchett: A Life with Footnotes''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wilkins |first1=Rob |title=Terry Pratchett: A Life with Footnotes |date=29 September 2022 |publisher=Doubleday |isbn=978-0857526649 |url=http://www.alifewithfootnotes.com/ |access-date=11 October 2022}}</ref> The biography was well received.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref name="DTreview"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/sep/25/terry-pratchett-a-life-with-footnotes-review-rob-wilkins-life-death-in-discworld|title=Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes by Rob Wilkins review – anecdotes, elephants and 'an embuggerance'|first=Frank|last=Cottrell-Boyce|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=25 September 2022|accessdate=5 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/books/humorous-harrowing-and-productive-the-world-of-terry-pratchett-20221005-p5bnh8.html|title=Humorous, harrowing and productive: The world of Terry Pratchett|first=Elizabeth|last= Flux|work=[[Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=12 October 2022|accessdate=5 April 2023}}</ref>}} In ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', Tristram Fane Saunders wrote that it "spins magic from mundanity in precisely the way Pratchett himself did".<ref name="DTreview">{{cite news |last1=Saunders |first1=Tristram Fane |title=Terry Pratchett by Rob Wilkins review: the gloriously mundane magic of Discworld |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/terry-pratchett-rob-wilkins-review-gloriously-mundane-magic/ |access-date=11 October 2022 |publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=29 September 2022}}</ref> However, in a review for the ''[[Irish Independent]]'', Kevin Power called it more a collection of fan notes than a serious biography.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/book-reviews/terry-pratchett-a-life-with-footnotes-fans-eye-view-misses-the-big-questions-41953641.html?reg=true|title=Terry Pratchett: A Life with Footnotes – fan's-eye view misses the big questions|first=Levin|last=Power|work=[[Irish Independent]]|date=3 September 2022|accessdate=5 April 2023}}</ref>

In April 2023, "Entering Discworld Population", an episode of the podcast ''[[Imaginary Worlds (podcast)|Imaginary Worlds]]'', was released to mark the 75th anniversary of Pratchett's birth.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imaginaryworldspodcast.org/|title=Entering Discworld Population|author=Eric Molinsky|date=April 2023|website=Imaginary Worlds|access-date=13 April 2023}}</ref> It discussed four of Pratchett's recurring fiction characters as representative of his underlying philosophy.