Stephen Briggs

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Stephen Briggs
Born1951 (age 7071)
England
OccupationWriter
Genre Comic fantasy
Notable works The Discworld Mapp (co-author), The Discworld Companion (co-author)
Website
stephenbriggs.com

Stephen Briggs (born 1951) is a British writer of subsidiary works and merchandise surrounding Terry Pratchett's comic fantasy Discworld . The Streets of Ankh-Morpork , the first Discworld map, was co-designed by Briggs and Pratchett and painted by Stephen Player in 1993. This was followed by The Discworld Mapp (1995), also painted by Stephen Player, and A Tourist Guide to Lancre (1998), painted by Paul Kidby.

Briggs also adapted over 20 Pratchett novels for the amateur stage – Wyrd Sisters , Mort , and Guards! Guards! (published by Corgi); The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents , Johnny and the Dead , and Dodger (Oxford University Press); Going Postal , Night Watch , Interesting Times , The Fifth Elephant and The Truth (Methuen / A.& C. Black); Making Money , Carpe Jugulum and Maskerade (Samuel French); Feet of Clay , The Rince Cycle – mainly a combination of The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic – and Unseen Academicals (Oberon); his adaptations of Hogfather and Lords and Ladies were published in 2021 by Methuen Drama, along with The Shakespeare Codex – mainly an adaptation of The Science of Discworld 2 - the Globe .

The Discworld encyclopaedia The Discworld Companion , published in 1995 with updated editions in 1997 and 2003 (the latter entitled The New Discworld Companion, is derived from Briggs' database of Discworld information).[ citation needed ] The fourth edition of the Companion was published in 2012 under the title Turtle Recall. In 2007 Briggs published The Wit and Wisdom of Discworld , a compilation of quotes from the Discworld novels. He also collaborated with Pratchett in Discworld Diaries and Nanny Ogg's Cookbook . Briggs has also recorded audiobook versions of certain Discworld works, in editions released by Isis Publishing [1] and by HarperCollins [2] in the US.

In 2004, he received an Audie Award for his audiobook recording of Monstrous Regiment .

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References

  1. "Briggs, Stephen - ISIS Publishing". www.isis-publishing.co.uk.
  2. "Stephen Briggs". HarperCollins US.