Terry Deary

Terry Deary was born in Sunderland, in the north-east of England, and now lives in County Durham. He was a professional actor before he began writing scripts for the theatre company he was working for and then adapting those stories into novels. He has also worked as a theatre director, museum manager, drama teacher and television presenter. Terry is the creator of the Horrible Histories series and has written both fiction and non-fiction for children and adults, including A History of Britain in Ten Enemies – a recent Sunday Times bestseller. In his 48 years as an author, he has sold over 38 million books in 45 languages, and has also written for TV, theatre, radio, audio and new media scripts. His great love is reading murder mysteries and, after publishing 340 titles, he has finally found time to create his own. Actually, I’m a Murderer is based on a meeting he had on a train journey in 1974, where nobody died – unlike in the book.