Terry Deary (Author of The Groovy Greeks)

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Terry Deary

Born

in Sunderland, England, The United Kingdom

March 04, 1946

Website

Genre

Children's, History, Humor and Comedy

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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 ...more

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Average rating: 3.97 · 76,916 ratings · 4,967 reviews · 780 distinct works 鈥� Similar authors

	The Groovy Greeks 4.06 avg rating — 4,042 ratings — published 1996 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rotten Romans by Terry Deary, Martin Brown (Illustrator) 4.02 avg rating — 3,880 ratings — published 1994 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Awesome Egyptians by Terry Deary, Peter Hepplewhite, Martin Brown (Illustrator) 4.05 avg rating — 3,652 ratings — published 1994 — 55 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Vicious Vikings by Terry Deary, Martin Brown (Illustrator) 3.98 avg rating — 3,130 ratings — published 1994 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Terrible Tudors by Terry Deary, Neil Tonge, Martin Brown (Illustrator) 4.04 avg rating — 2,889 ratings — published 1993 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Woeful Second World War 4.15 avg rating — 2,719 ratings — published 1999 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Frightful First World War by Terry Deary, Martin Brown (Illustrator) 4.09 avg rating — 2,715 ratings — published 1998 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Measly Middle Ages by Terry Deary, Martin Brown (Illustrator) 3.98 avg rating — 2,657 ratings — published 1996 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Vile Victorians 3.97 avg rating — 2,275 ratings — published 1994 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cut-Throat Celts 3.97 avg rating — 2,255 ratings — published 1997 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Terry Deary

Fire Thief Trilogy (3 books)
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Horrible Histories Handbooks (8 books)
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4.07 avg rating — 2,730 ratings

Horrible Histories Collections (12 books)
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4.10 avg rating — 1,609 ratings

Terry Deary's Terribly True Stories (12 books)
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3.71 avg rating — 809 ratings

Dangerous Days (4 books)
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3.62 avg rating — 601 ratings

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Quotes by Terry Deary (?)

“I'm not a historian, and I wouldn't want to be. I want to change the world. Attack the elite. Overturn the hierarchy. Look at my stories and you'll notice that the villains are always, always, those in power. The heroes are the little people. I hate the establishment. Always have, always will.”
― Terry Deary

tags: establishment, history, villain

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“The only politician ever to have entered parliament with honourable intentions, was Guy Fawkes.”
― Terry Deary

tags: history, politicians

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“(The 鈥楧eclaration of Independence鈥� begins: 鈥楢ll men are created equal鈥�. What they really meant was 鈥楢ll men are created equal 鈥� unless they happen to be Indian, black or female鈥�!)”
― Terry Deary, USA

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