Terry Deary - Writer
Welcome to my website. I'm Terry Deary ®, professional actor, singer and writer for stage, television, movies and radio. A 2025 report said,
'Terry Deary is the UK's bestselling Children's & Young Adult Non-Fiction author since records began' (Nielsen)
Sunday Times best-seller lists for 11 May 2025 made 'A history of Britain in Ten Enemies' #1 best-seller
'The Times - Culture' section on 21 June 2025 placed Terry's new murder-mystery 'Actually I'm a Murderer' at #10 in the Waterstones' Best selling Hardback Fiction list in the same week 'A history of Britain in Ten Enemies' was in the Paperback Non-fiction chart at #7. To be in the top tens for fiction and non-fiction is extremely rare.
I am the published writer of 359 books - fiction and non-fiction for children and adults - published in the past 48 years, selling 38+ million copies in 45 languages. My future publications will be fiction and non-fiction for adults while also writing stage scripts for family audiences.
My best-selling children's book titles were the "Horrible Histories" series, published in 1993 - 2025. 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 title went straight into the Sunday Times best-seller lists for adult non-fiction hardbacks and became the top selling history book of the month.
September 2025 will see the launch of the next non-fiction title with Transworld entitled 'Revolting'
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.
