down. When offered £750,000 for a non-fiction book, he was so appalled he withdrew from the deal completely. To date, his books have sold 100 million copies – and not only to spotty teenagers called Nigel, though they may be the stereotypical Discworld fan.
Wilkins points out that “just over half of Terry Pratchett’s actual readers” are women. It was Women’s Hour serialising the first three Discworld novels that made him a commercial success.
The third, Equal Rites, was fantasy-spoof as feminist polemic, its young heroine modelled on his daughter Rhianna. Writing about a comic novelist is dangerous.
Try to be funny and you risk unflattering comparisons. Wilkins waffles on a bit, and his jokes are sometimes effortful, but crucially he understands the difference between humour and wit.
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