Terry Deary

Terry Deary
Deary at the 2024 Chiswick Book Festival
Deary at the 2024 Chiswick Book Festival
Born (1946-01-03) 3 January 1946 (age 78)
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England
OccupationAuthor

William Terence Deary (born 3 January 1946)[1] is a British children's author of over 200 books, selling over 25 million copies in over 40 languages, best known as the writer of the Horrible Histories series. Since 1994 he has been one of Britain's best-selling authors.[2][3] In 2012, he was the tenth most-borrowed author in British libraries, and was voted Outstanding Children's Non-Fiction Author of the 20th Century by Books for Keeps magazine.[2][4]

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