Writer

Welcome to my website. I'm Terry Deary ®, professional actor, singer and writer for stage, television, movies and radio.

I am the writer of 342 books - fiction and non-fiction for children and adults - published in the past 47 years, selling over 38+ million copies in 45 languages. My first murder-mystery for adults will be published in 2025 and non-fiction for adults in September 2024.

My best-selling children's book titles are the "Horrible Histories" series, published in 1993 - 2024. Readers interested in the HH books can see how they came about HERE.

From 2024 I'll be writing adult fiction and non-fiction books for a new audience starting with 'A History of Britain in Ten Enemies' published 10 October 2024 by Transworld.

This will be followed in 2025 by a murder-mystery "Actually I'm a murderer" (Constable and Robinson)  I have written 160 children's novels, as well as the non-fiction, If you have a question then I can be contacted by email at THIS PAGE . I try to answer ALL messages from genuine fans within a week of receiving them.

See me present some quirky television documentaries HERE and HERE as well as my "Great North Run Tales" HERE

Enjoy the site, it's good to see you.

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August - December 2024

This second half-year of 2024 I'll be writing two new books and a play.

1. 'Actually I'm a murderer' a murder-mystery will be published 12 June 2025 but I'll be starting...
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