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 for series list). He received an Honorary Doctorate of Education from the University of Sunderland in 2000. His numerous accolades also include the Blue Peter "Best Nonfiction Author of the Century" Award in the U.K. -Wikipedia
Series
Books
The Prince, the Cook, and the Cunning King
2003
The Lion's Slave (Greek Tales) by Terry Deary (1-May-2007) Paperback
2007
France
2002
The Magic and the Mummy
1990
True Ghost Stories
1995
The Peasants' Revolting Lives
2020
The Lord of the Dreaming Globe
2006
The Barmy British Empire And The Blitzed Brits
2002
Loathsome London
2005
The Captive Celt
2008
Pirate Tales
The Pirate Lord
2011
Blood-Curdling Box
2008
25th Anniversary Yearbook
2017
World War II Tales
The Bike Escape
2015
Rotten Rulers
2005
Shadow of the Gallows
2008
The Awesome Egyptians
1994
The Pigeon Spy
2013
Blitz
2009
Terry Deary's Terribly True Shark Stories
1995
Discovery at Roswell
1996
Who's Horrible in History
2009
Witches
2007
Knights
2000
Dangerous Days on the Victorian Railways
Feuds, Frauds, Robberies and Riots
2014
The Town Mouse and the Spartan Housebk. 3
2007
The Big Fat Father Christmas Joke Book
1990
The Goose Guards
2008
An Unlikely Spy
2019
The Angry Aztecs And The Incredible Incas
2001
The Plot on the Pyramid
2004
Oxford
2007
Wales
2008
Villains
2008
Edinburgh
2005
The Slimy Stuarts
1996
Vicious Vikings And Measly Middle Ages
1998
Angry Aztecs
1997
The Blitzed Brits
1994
Horrible Histories
" Rotten Romans " , " Terrible Tudors " , " Vicious Vikings " Casket 1
1995
Wiggotts Wonderful Waxworld
2018
The Gorgeous Georgians Activity Book
2005
The Rotten Romans
1994
Up in the Air
2021
The Horrible History of Britain and Ireland
2010
Burglary for Beginners
2009
A History of Britain in Ten Enemies
2024
Trenches
2008
The Pirate Captain (Pirate Tales) of Terry Deary on 05 December 2011
2011
Warriors
2007
The Knight of Stars and Storms
1998
Scotland
1997
The Terrible Tudors
1993
The War Game
2013
Rowdy Revolutions
1996
Greek Legends
2004
The Frightful First World War And The Woeful Second World War
2000
Vanished!
1996
The Incredible Incas
2000
The Smashing Saxons
2000
Dark Knights and Dingy Castles
1997
The Groovy Greeks
1996
Even More Terrible Tudors
1998
Deadly Days in History
2013
True Spy Stories
1998
Horrible Christmas
2000
Horribly Hillarious Joke Book
2009
Flight of the Fire Thief
2006
The Last Flight
2013
Awful Egyptians
2008
Cruel Crime And Painful Punishment
2002
Egypt
A High-Speed History
2010
Wall Of Woe
A Rotten Roman Adventure
2008
Top 50 Kings and Queens
1800
The Actor, The Rebel And The Wrinkled Queen
2003
The Cut-Throat Celts
1997
The Terrible Tudors and The Slimy Stuarts
1997
Gruesome Great Houses
2017
Horrible Histories
Top 50 Villains
2016
Handbook Of Pirates
2006
Horribly Huge Book of Terrible Tudors
2009
The Smashing Saxons And The Stormin' Normans
2006
York
2005
England
2004
Terry Deary's Terribly True Disaster Stories
1999
Spies (Horrible Histories Handbooks) by Deary, Terry (2009) Paperback
2009
Gorgeous Georgians
Vile Victorians
1999
The Frightful First World War
1998
The Barmy British Empire
2002
The Pirate Queen
2011
Poisonous Postcards
1997
Dangerous Days in Elizabethan England
Thieves, Tricksters, Bards and Bawds
2014
The Boy Who Cried Horsebk. 1
2006
The Woeful Second World War
1999
Dreadful Diary
1996
The Awesome Ancient Quiz Book
2001
Put Out the Light
2010
Horrible Histories
Ghosts
2022
The Queen of the Dying Light
1999
Help! I'm Trapped in Obedience School
1995
The Villainous Victorians
2004
The Beastly Best Bits
2013
Wicked Words
1996
Deadly Durham
2001
Horrible Histories Big Fat Christmas Book
2014
The Prince of Rags and Patches
1997
The Vicious Vikings
1994
Potty Politics
1999
Pirates
2006
Tower of Terror
2008
The USA
2001
The Groovy Greeks And The Rotten Romans
2003
L'anello magico e la fabbrica degli scherzi
1991
Ireland
2000
The Fire Thief Fights Back
2007
War Games
2004
The Stormin' Normans
2001
Awesome Annual 2007
2006
The Savage Stone Age
1999
Breakout!
1997
Dublin
2006
The Thief, The Fool And the Big Fat King
2003
The Horrible History of the World
2003
Dangerous Days in Ancient Egypt
2016
The Silver Hand
2018
Stratford Upon-Avon
2006
The Gorgeous Georgians
1998
True Horror Stories
1993
The Maid, The Witch And The Cruel Queen
2003
Cruel Crime
2012
The Vile Victorians
1994
The Battle of the Viking Woman
2010
The Nuclear Winter Man
1997
Crackin' Castles
1870
The Twentieth Century
1996
The Peasants' Revolting Crimes
2019
Pirate Tales
The Pirate Prisoner
2011
The Mad Miscellany
2004
The Fire Thief
2005
Dangerous Days in the Roman Empire
Terrors and Torments, Diseases and Deaths
2013
The Phantom And the Fisherman
2004
The Measly Middle Ages
1996
The Great Cave
2018
The King in Blood Red and Gold
1997
The Gold in the Grave
2004
The Grim Ghost
2008
Shakespeare Stories
1998
Cruel Kings and Mean Queens
1995
The Ruthless Romans
2003
