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Terry Deary

Born in Sunderland in 1946, Terry Deary lives in County Durham with his family.

Terry’s early life was spent in his father’s butcher’s shop and his career in the arts began in 1972 at Theatre Powys in Mid Wales. He has worked as an actor, theatre-director, drama teacher and television presenter. Terry still acts with roles in British films and has appeared in the Horrible Histories TV, stage-shows and feature film. As an actor, Terry began writing scripts. One of his most successful was The Custard Kid which became his first novel in 1977.

Terry has enjoyed over 40 years as an author, including over 80 titles in Horrible Histories the world’s bestselling children’s history series. He is also an author of fiction and non-fiction for adults. Terry is an ambassador for his home city of Sunderland and was made a Doctor of Education at Sunderland University.

Books by Terry Deary

  • 10 Best Greek Legends Ever!

    10 Best Greek Legends Ever!

  • 10 Best Shakespeare Stories Ever!

    10 Best Shakespeare Stories Ever!

  • 2011

    2011

  • 2012

    2012

  • 2015

    2015

  • All at Sea

    All at Sea

  • Angry Aztecs

    Angry Aztecs

  • Angry Aztecs

    Angry Aztecs

  • Angry Aztecs

    Angry Aztecs

  • Angry Aztecs (Classic Edition)

    Angry Aztecs (Classic Edition)

  • Awesome Egyptians

    Awesome Egyptians

  • Awesome Egyptians (Classic Edition)

    Awesome Egyptians (Classic Edition)

  • Awesome Egyptians (newspaper edition)

    Awesome Egyptians (newspaper edition)

  • Awful Egyptians

    Awful Egyptians

  • Awful Egyptians

    Awful Egyptians

  • Awful Egyptians

    Awful Egyptians

  • Awful Egyptians

    Awful Egyptians

  • Awful Egyptians

    Awful Egyptians

  • Awful Egyptians (Classic Edition)

    Awful Egyptians (Classic Edition)

  • Barmy British Empire

    Barmy British Empire

  • Barmy British Empire (Classic Edition)

    Barmy British Empire (Classic Edition)

  • Beastly Best Bits

    Beastly Best Bits

  • Big Fat Christmas Book

    Big Fat Christmas Book

  • Blitz

    Blitz

  • Blitzed Brits

    Blitzed Brits

  • Blitzed Brits

    Blitzed Brits

  • Blitzed Brits

    Blitzed Brits

  • Blitzed Brits (Classic Edition)

    Blitzed Brits (Classic Edition)

  • Britain and Ireland

    Britain and Ireland

  • Crackin' Castles

    Crackin' Castles

  • Crackin' Castles

    Crackin' Castles

  • Cruel Crime

    Cruel Crime

  • Cruel Kings and Mean Queens

    Cruel Kings and Mean Queens

  • Cut-throat Celts

    Cut-throat Celts

  • Cut-throat Celts

    Cut-throat Celts

  • Cut-throat Celts

    Cut-throat Celts

  • Cut-Throat Celts (Classic Edition)

    Cut-Throat Celts (Classic Edition)

  • Dark Knights and Dingy Castles

    Dark Knights and Dingy Castles

  • Dark Knights and Dingy Castles (Classic Edition)

    Dark Knights and Dingy Castles (Classic Edition)

  • Deadly Days in History

    Deadly Days in History

  • Dublin

    Dublin

  • Egypt - A High-Speed History

    Egypt - A High-Speed History

  • Frightful First World War

    Frightful First World War

  • Frightful First World War

    Frightful First World War

  • Frightful First World War

    Frightful First World War

  • Frightful First World War

    Frightful First World War

  • Frightful First World War (Classic Edition)

    Frightful First World War (Classic Edition)

  • Frightfully Funny Quiz Book

    Frightfully Funny Quiz Book

  • Ghosts

    Ghosts

  • Gorgeous Georgians

    Gorgeous Georgians

  • Gorgeous Georgians

    Gorgeous Georgians

  • Gorgeous Georgians

    Gorgeous Georgians

  • Gorgeous Georgians (Classic Edition)

    Gorgeous Georgians (Classic Edition)

  • Gorgeous Georgians (newspaper edition)

    Gorgeous Georgians (newspaper edition)

  • Groovy Greeks

    Groovy Greeks

  • Groovy Greeks

    Groovy Greeks

  • Groovy Greeks

    Groovy Greeks

  • Groovy Greeks (Classic Edition)

    Groovy Greeks (Classic Edition)

  • Groovy Greeks (newspaper edition)

    Groovy Greeks (newspaper edition)

  • Horrible Christmas

    Horrible Christmas

  • Horrible Christmas

    Horrible Christmas

  • Horrible Handbook

    Horrible Handbook

  • Horrible Handbook

    Horrible Handbook

  • Horrible Histories Annual 2014

    Horrible Histories Annual 2014

  • Horrible Histories Annual 2016

    Horrible Histories Annual 2016

  • Horrible History of Britain and Ireland

    Horrible History of Britain and Ireland

  • Horrible History of Britain and Ireland (newspaper edition)

    Horrible History of Britain and Ireland (newspaper edition)

  • Horrible History of the World (newspaper edition)

    Horrible History of the World (newspaper edition)

  • Horribly Hilarious Joke Book

    Horribly Hilarious Joke Book

  • Horribly Hilarious Joke Book

    Horribly Hilarious Joke Book

  • Incredible Incas (Classic Edition)

    Incredible Incas (Classic Edition)

  • Ireland

    Ireland

  • Ireland (Classic Edition)

    Ireland (Classic Edition)

  • Ireland (newspaper edition)

    Ireland (newspaper edition)

  • Knights: A High-Speed History

    Knights: A High-Speed History

  • Loathsome Letter-Writing Pack

    Loathsome Letter-Writing Pack

  • Measly Middle Ages

    Measly Middle Ages

  • Measly Middle Ages

    Measly Middle Ages

  • Measly Middle Ages (Classic Edition)

    Measly Middle Ages (Classic Edition)

  • Measly Middle Ages (New Edition)

    Measly Middle Ages (New Edition)

  • Measly Middle Ages (newspaper edition)

    Measly Middle Ages (newspaper edition)

  • On the Road

    On the Road

  • Potty Politics

    Potty Politics

  • Queen Boudica's Secret Diary

    Queen Boudica's Secret Diary

  • Queen Victoria's Secret Diary

    Queen Victoria's Secret Diary

  • Right On Track (newspaper edition)

    Right On Track (newspaper edition)

  • Robbery for Rascals

    Robbery for Rascals

  • Rome: A High-Speed History

    Rome: A High-Speed History

  • Rotten Romans

    Rotten Romans

  • Rotten Romans

    Rotten Romans

  • Rotten Romans

    Rotten Romans

  • Rotten Romans

    Rotten Romans

  • Rotten Romans

    Rotten Romans

  • Rotten Romans (Classic Edition)

    Rotten Romans (Classic Edition)

  • Rotten Rulers

    Rotten Rulers

  • Rotten Rulers (Classic Edition)

    Rotten Rulers (Classic Edition)

  • Rowdy Revolutions (Classic Edition)

    Rowdy Revolutions (Classic Edition)

  • Ruthless Romans

    Ruthless Romans

  • Ruthless Romans

    Ruthless Romans

  • Ruthless Romans (Classic Edition)

    Ruthless Romans (Classic Edition)

  • Ruthless Romans (newspaper edition)

    Ruthless Romans (newspaper edition)

  • Savage Sticker Book

    Savage Sticker Book

  • Savage Stone Age

    Savage Stone Age

  • Savage Stone Age

    Savage Stone Age

  • Savage Stone Age

    Savage Stone Age

  • Savage Stone Age (Classic Edition)

    Savage Stone Age (Classic Edition)

  • Savage Stone Age (newspaper edition)

    Savage Stone Age (newspaper edition)

  • Slimy Stuarts

    Slimy Stuarts

  • Slimy Stuarts

    Slimy Stuarts

  • Slimy Stuarts

    Slimy Stuarts

  • Slimy Stuarts (Classic Edition)

    Slimy Stuarts (Classic Edition)

  • Slimy Stuarts (newspaper edition)

    Slimy Stuarts (newspaper edition)

  • Smashing Saxons

    Smashing Saxons

  • Smashing Saxons

    Smashing Saxons

  • Smashing Saxons

    Smashing Saxons

  • Smashing Saxons (Classic Edition)

    Smashing Saxons (Classic Edition)

  • Spies

    Spies

  • Spies

    Spies

  • Sticker Activity Pack

    Sticker Activity Pack

  • Stormin' Normans

    Stormin' Normans

  • Stormin' Normans

    Stormin' Normans

  • Stormin' Normans (Classic Edition)

    Stormin' Normans (Classic Edition)

  • Stormin' Normans (newspaper edition)

    Stormin' Normans (newspaper edition)

  • Terrible Timeline

    Terrible Timeline

  • Terrible Trenches Field Book

    Terrible Trenches Field Book

  • Terrible Tudors

    Terrible Tudors

  • Terrible Tudors

    Terrible Tudors

  • Terrible Tudors (Classic Edition)

    Terrible Tudors (Classic Edition)

  • Terrifying Tudors

    Terrifying Tudors

  • Terrifying Tudors

    Terrifying Tudors

  • Terrifying Tudors

    Terrifying Tudors

  • Terrifying Tudors

    Terrifying Tudors

  • Terrifying Tudors

    Terrifying Tudors

  • Terrifying Tudors (Classic Edition)

    Terrifying Tudors (Classic Edition)

  • Terry Deary's Best Ever Greek Legends

    Terry Deary's Best Ever Greek Legends

  • Terry Deary's Best Ever Shakespeare Tales

    Terry Deary's Best Ever Shakespeare Tales

  • Terry Deary's Best Ever Shakespeare Tales

    Terry Deary's Best Ever Shakespeare Tales

  • The Big Fat Christmas Joke Book

    The Big Fat Christmas Joke Book

  • The Big Fat Father Christmas Joke Book

    The Big Fat Father Christmas Joke Book

  • The Horrible History of Britain and Ireland

    The Horrible History of Britain and Ireland

  • The Worst in the World

    The Worst in the World

  • This is a Horrible Journal

    This is a Horrible Journal

  • Tomb of Treasure

    Tomb of Treasure

  • Top 50 Kings and Queens

    Top 50 Kings and Queens

  • Top 50 Kings and Queens

    Top 50 Kings and Queens

  • Top 50 Villains

    Top 50 Villains

  • Tudors: A High-Speed History

    Tudors: A High-Speed History

  • Up in the Air

    Up in the Air

  • Vicious Vikings

    Vicious Vikings

  • Vicious Vikings

    Vicious Vikings

  • Vicious Vikings

    Vicious Vikings

  • Vicious Vikings (Classic Edition)

    Vicious Vikings (Classic Edition)

  • Vile Victorians

    Vile Victorians

  • Vile Victorians

    Vile Victorians

  • Vile Victorians

    Vile Victorians

  • Vile Victorians

    Vile Victorians

  • Vile Victorians (Classic Edition)

    Vile Victorians (Classic Edition)

  • Villainous Victorians

    Villainous Victorians

  • Villainous Victorians

    Villainous Victorians

  • Villainous Victorians

    Villainous Victorians

  • Villainous Victorians (Classic Edition)

    Villainous Victorians (Classic Edition)

  • Who's Horrible in History

    Who's Horrible in History

  • Wicked Words (Classic Edition)

    Wicked Words (Classic Edition)

  • Wiggott's Wonderful Waxworld: Fire Flight

    Wiggott's Wonderful Waxworld: Fire Flight

  • Wiggott's Wonderful Waxworld: Terror Train

    Wiggott's Wonderful Waxworld: Terror Train

  • Witches

    Witches

  • Woeful Second World War

    Woeful Second World War

  • Woeful Second World War

    Woeful Second World War

  • Woeful Second World War

    Woeful Second World War

  • Woeful Second World War

    Woeful Second World War

  • Woeful Second World War (Classic Edition)

    Woeful Second World War (Classic Edition)

Awards

Terry Deary won the 2001 Blue Peter Prize for Rotten Romans.