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Terry Deary


UK flag (b.1946)

Terry Deary is the author of 180 books in the UK (with about 550 more foreign editions) mainly for children and teenagers. His books are sold in 38 languages from Russia to Brazil, Scandinavia to China.

He was born in Sunderland, England, in 1946 and now lives in County Durham, in the North-east of England. Terry is a former actor, theatre-director and museum manager.
 

Genres: Children's Fiction
 
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Horrible Histories
   The Terrible Tudors (1993)
   The Awesome Egyptians (1993)
   The Vicious Vikings (1994)
   The Vile Victorians (1994)
   The Groovy Greeks (1995)
   Groovy Greeks / Rotten Romans / Awesome Egyptians (1996)
   Dreadful Diary (1996)
   The Measly Middle Ages (1996)
   Poisonous Postcards (1997)
   The Rotten Romans (1997)
   Cut-throat Celts (1997)
   The Angry Aztecs (1997)
   Even More Terrible Tudors (1998)
   The Savage Stone Age (1999)
   Gorgeous Georgians / Vile Victorians (1999)
   The Woeful Second World War (1999)
   The Horribly Huge Quiz Book (2000)
   The Incredible Incas (2000)
   Horrible Christmas (2000)
   The Barmy British Empire (2002)
   Brat Pack: Measly Middle Ages (2002)
   Cruel Crimes and Painful Punishments (2002)
   The Terrible Tudors Awful Anniversary Pack (2003)
   Ruthless Romans (2003)
   The Wicked History of the World (2003)
   The Blitzed Brits (2004)
   The Frightful First World War (2004)
   The Gorgeous Georgians (2004)
   The Slimy Stuarts (2004)
   The Smashing Saxons (2004)
   The Stormin' Normans (2004)
   Awesome Egyptians Activity Book (2004)
   Vile Victorians Activity Book (2004)
   Villainous Victorians (2004)
   The Mad Miscellany (2004)
   Groovy Greeks Activity Book (2004)
   Vicious Vikings Sticker Book (2004)
   Rotten Romans Sticker Book (2004)
   Loathsome London (2005)
   Edinburgh (2005)
   Measly Middle Ages Activity Book (2005)
   Slimy Stuarts Sticker Book (2005)
   Blitz (2009)
   Horribly Huge Press-out-and-build Book (2009)
   Who's Horrible in History (2009)
   Egypt - A High-Speed History (2010)
   Tudors - A High-Speed History (2010)
   Knights a High Speed History (2011)
   Rome - A High-Speed History (2011)
   Cruel Crime (2012)
   Deadly Days in History (2013)
   Horrible Histories Annual 2015 (2014)
   Horrible Histories Big Fat Christmas Book (2014)
   Top 50 Kings and Queens (2015)
   Terrible Timeline (2015)
   Horrible Histories Christmas Sticker Activity Book (2015)
   Top 50 Villains (2016)
   This is a Horrible Journal (2016)
   Crackin' Castles (2016)
   This is a Horrible Book of Foul Fact (2016)
   Gruesome Guide to Edinburgh (2017)
   Gruesome Guide to Oxford (2017)
   Gruesome Guide to Stratford-upon-Avon (2017)
   Gruesome Guide to York (2017)
   Gruesome Great Houses (2017)
   All at Sea (2020)
   Up in the Air (2021)
   The Secret Diary of Henry VIII (2021)
   The Secret Diary of Queen Victoria (2021)
   Right On Track (2022) (with Martin Brown)
   The Secret Diary of Boudica (2022)
   Ghosts (2022)
   William the Conqueror's Secret Diary (2022)
   The Worst in the World (2023)
   On the Road (2023)
   Terrible Thames (2023)
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Horrible Histories Special
   Cruel Kings and Mean Queens (1995)
   Wicked Words (1996)
   Dark Knights and Dingy Castles (1997)
   Rowdy Revolutions (1999)
   Ireland (2000)
   The USA (2001)
   The Awesome Ancient Quiz Book (2001)
   France (2002)
   The Twentieth Century (2004)
   England (2004)
   Rotten Rulers (2005)
   Wales (2008)
   Scotland (2009)
   The Beastly Best Bits (2013)
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Shivers
   Disasters (1995)
   Mysteries (1995)
   Spooks (1995)
   Terror (1995)
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Classified
   The Philadelphia Experiment (1996)
   Discovery at Roswell (1996)
   Encounter on the Moon (1996)
   Alien Landing (1996)
   Break Out! (1996)
   The Nuclear Winter Man (1996)
   Vanished! (1996)
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Truly Terrible Tales
   Explorers (1997)
   Inventors (1997)
   Scientists (1997)
   Writers (1997)
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Spark Files
   1. Space Race (1998)
   2. Chop and Change (1998)
   3. Shock Tactics (1998)
   4. Bat and Bell (1998)
   5. Dog Run (1999)
   6. Dark Forces (1999)
   7. Light and Wrong (1999)
   8. Magical Magnets (1999)
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Horrible Histories Handbooks
   Pirates (2006)
   The Horrible History of the World (2006)
   Knights (2006)
   Warriors (2007)
   Witches (2007)
   Villains (2008)
   Trenches (2008)
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Roman Tales
   Goose Guards (2008)
   The Captive Celt (2008)
   The Fatal Fire (2008)
   The Grim Ghost (2008)
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Horrible Histories Handbook
   Spies (2009)
   Nasty Knights (2010)
   Perilous Pirates (2010)
   Wicked Witches (2010)
   Wild Warriors (2010)
   Terrible Trenches (2011)
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Horrible Histories : Gruesome Guides
   Dublin (2010)
   Oxford (2010)
   Stratford-upon-Avon (2010)
   York (2010)
   London (2016)
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World War I Tales
   The Last Flight (2013)
   The War Game (2013)
   The Bomber Balloon (2013)
   The Pigeon Spy (2013)
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World War II Tales
   1. The Apple Spy (2015)
   2. The Bike Escape (2015)
   3. The Barrel Burglary (2015)
   4. The Phantom Farm (2015)
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Shakespeare Tales
   A Midsummer Night's Dream (2016)
   Macbeth (2016)
   Romeo and Juliet (2016)
   Twelfth Night (2016)
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Stone Age Tales
   The Great Cave (2018)
   The Great Flood (2018)
   The Great Monster (2018)
   The Great Storm (2018)
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Novels
   The Real Maria Marten (1979)
   Calamity Kate (1980)
   Hope Street (1980)
   The Lambton Worm (1981)
   Twist of the Knife (1981)
   The Custard Kid (1982)
   Walking Shadows (1983)
   The Wishing Well Ghost (1983)
   The Silent Scream (1984)
   I Met Her on a Rainy Day (1984)
   The Windmill of Nowhere (1984)
   A Witch in Time (1986)
   Treasure of Skull Island (1986)
   The Ghosts of Batwing Castle (1988)
   Two in to One Won't Go (1990)
   Treasure of Grey Manor (1990)
   The Treasure of Crazy Horse (1990)
   The Joke Factory (1991)
   The Great Father Christmas Robbery (1991)
   Shadow Play (1992)
   Ghost Town (1992)
   The Grott Street Gang (1996)
   Who Shot Queen Victoria? (1996)
   All About Bede (1996)
   Potty Politics (1997)
   Bloody Scotland (1997)
   Top Ten Greek Legends (1998)
   Top Ten Shakespeare Stories (1998)
   Ghost for Sale (1999)
   Greek Legends (1999)
   Shakespeare Stories (1999)
   Greek Legends Zeus (1999)
   The Vampire of Croglin (2000)
     aka The Hat Trick
   Pitt Street Pirates (2001)
   Into the Lion's Den (2002)
   Footsteps in the Fog (2003)
   War Games (2004)
   Dirty Little Imps (2004)
   The Boy Who Haunted Himself (2004)
   Put Out the Light (2010)
   Silver Hand (2018)
   An Unlikely Spy (2019)
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