Woeful Second World War Book by Terry Deary

The Book “Woeful Second World War” is written by Terry Deary. William Terence Deary (born 3 January 1946) is a British children’s author of over 200 books, selling over 25 million copies in over 40 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. Deary was born in Sunderland. His father Bill owned a butcher’s shop in Hendon, a poverty stricken area of the city and his mother Freda was the manager of a clothing shop. Deary went to Monkwearmouth Grammar School and intensely disliked his school experience, particularly the style of teaching he received. He worked as a butcher’s boy for much of his childhood, helping in the shop from the age of three. He joined the electricity board as a management trainee when he was 18 and later the Theatre Powys drama company in 1972 and as an actor toured Welsh village halls bringing theatre to children. He qualified as a teacher at the Sunderland’s College of Education and taught drama. He was the Theatre Director/County Drama Advisor of the Lowestoft Theatre Centre in Suffolk between 1975 and 1977 – an educationally linked organisation funded by Suffolk Country Council. He began writing in 1976, turning full-time in 1994, with the publication of the Horrible Histories series.