Terry Deary

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born

in Sunderland, England, The United Kingdom

March 04, 1946

gender

male

website

http://www.terry-deary.com/

genre

Children's Books, History, Humor

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A former actor, theatre-director and drama teacher, Deary says he began writing when he was 29. Most famously, he is one of the authors of the Horrible Histories series of books popular among children for their disgusting details, gory information and humorous pictures and among adults for getting children interested in history. Books in the series have been widely translated into other languages and imitated.

A cartoon series has been made of the series of books and was shown on CiTV for a period in 2002.

The first series of a live-action comedy sketch show of the same name was shown on CBBC in 2009 and a second series is due.

Terry is also known widely throughout children and adult reading groups alike for his True Stories series (see below...more

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Terry Deary's Books

Average rating: 3.94 · 16,774 ratings · 934 reviews · 304 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Groovy Greeks by Terry Deary, Martin Brown (Illustrator) 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1,006 ratings — published 1995 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Awesome Egyptians by Terry Deary (Author), Peter Hepplewhite (Co-Author), Martin Brown (Illustrator) 3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 904 ratings — published 1994 — 15 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Vicious Vikings by Terry Deary, Martin Brown (Illustrator) 3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 797 ratings — published 1994 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rotten Romans by Terry Deary, Martin Brown (Illustrator) 3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 965 ratings — published 1994 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Terrible Tudors by Terry Deary, Neil Tonge (Co-Author), Martin Brown (Illustrator) 4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 731 ratings — published 1993 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Measly Middle Ages by Terry Deary, Martin Brown (Illustrator) 3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 698 ratings — published 1990 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Frightful First World War by Terry Deary, Martin Brown (Illustrator) 4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 608 ratings — published 1998 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cut-throat Celts by Terry Deary, Martin Brown (Illustrator) 3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 588 ratings — published 1997 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Woeful Second World War 4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 523 ratings — published 1999 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fire Thief (Fire Thief Trilogy, #1) 3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 581 ratings — published 2005 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Terry Deary

Fire Thief Trilogy (3 books)
by Terry Deary
3.699812382739212 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 1,066 ratings

Horrible Histories Handbooks (11 books)
by Terry Deary
4.014044943820225 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 712 ratings

Horrible Histories Collections (9 books)
by Terry Deary
3.9849397590361444 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 664 ratings

Terry Deary's Terribly True Stories (10 books)
by Terry Deary
3.9044117647058822 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 136 ratings

Horrible Histories Annual (5 books)
by Terry Deary
4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 80 ratings

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