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Terry Deary
Sunderland, Tyne-and-Wear, England, UK
William Terence Deary (born 3 January 1946) is a British children's author of 351 books, selling over 38 million copies in over 45 languages, best known as the writer of the Horri…
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William Terence Deary (born 3 January 1946) is a British children's author of 351 books, selling over 38 million copies in over 45 languages, best known as the writer of the Horrible Histories series. Since 1994 he has been one of Britain's best-selling authors. 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.
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2025
Warlord
Movie Beggar Jonsey
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2021
Great North: A Run. A River. A Region.
Movie Writer
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2019
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans
Movie Gaulish Legate
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2016
Plan Z
Movie Old Davey
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2011
Horrible Histories with Stephen Fry
TV show Writer
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2009
Horrible Histories
TV show
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2003
Celebrity Mastermind
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