# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/terry-deary
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:45:49.448Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/terry-deary"
name: "Terry Deary"
slug: "terry-deary"
description: "William Terence Deary 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."
tagline: "English writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Terry_Deary_at_the_Chiswick_Book_Festival_(54002651610)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1946-03-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  historical:           11.915128
  currentAttention:     20.12
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm1631035"
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    url:       "http://www.terry-deary.com"
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    title: "Terry Deary"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Terry Deary"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Terry Deary"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Deary"
    title: "Terry Deary"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Terry Deary"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Terry Deary"
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    title: "Terry Deary"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump