Terry Deary is one of the UK 's most well known authors of children's books. With over 6 million copies of the Horrible Histories series sold in the UK alone, Terry Deary's name is a prominent feature on kids' bookshelves across the land!

You may also like to know that if you fancy reading Horrible Histories in other languages, you'll now be able to find them translated into twenty-five different languages - from Russian to Welsh. Now you need never be without your favourite series if you run out of reading on your holidays abroad!

It was with great glee that Terry Deary realised, at the age of 13 that he could write. It took him another 20 years to discover he could get paid for it! Since then, Terry has become the author of over 130 books in the UK and over 370 more world-wide!

Terry writes from his home - a converted pub in County Durham - where he lives with his wife and daughter. It takes him anything between six hours and six weeks to write a book, depending on how long it is and how difficult it is to research. He writes six days a week, so free time is extremely rare. However, when he does have time, he enjoys acting, local cricket, messing about with computers, supporting his beloved Sunderland United football team and running to half-marathon distance for his favourite charity, Macmillan Cancer Relief.

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