Terry’s debut novel, Becoming Nancy, was published by Transworld in 2012. Described by The Independent as “a deliciously camp rites of passage novel”, the book was shortlisted for The Polari First Book Prize. In 2013, Terry sold rights to the book to Tony-winning Broadway director Jerry Mitchell (Kinky Boots, Legally Blonde, Hairspray) who has since turned Becoming Nancy into a major new musical. Adapted by Elliot Davis, the musical had its wonderfully successful world premiere at the Alliance Theatre in Altlanta in September 2019 and is heading for the UK in 2024. Terry is now part of the creative team having written several new songs along with Elliot Davis and George Stiles.

 A South London boy, Terry began his recording career in 1990 when he was signed to MCA records with a top ten single around Europe, Calm the Rage, and an acclaimed album, Roma, recorded in New York City. His 1991 #1 club hit, What The Child Needs, went on to become a soul classic. As a songwriter and record producer, he has since scored hit singles for Dannii Minogue, Geri Halliwell, Kim Wilde, Sheena Easton and S-Club Juniors. Other production credits include Kylie Minogue, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Girls Aloud, Bananarama, and Atomic Kitten.

As a vocal arranger and coach, Terry has worked on The X Factor, The Voice, The Voice Kids, All Together Now, Let’s Sing & Dance For Comic Relief, The Brits, Children In Need, and numerous other TV music specials. He’s also worked with artists as diverse as Pharell Williams, Jax Jones, Kylie Minogue, The Wanted, Girls Aloud, St  Etienne, Neon Jungle, Westlife, All Saints, The Saturdays and Cheryl Cole. He appeared as a special guest judge alongside Dannii Minogue on the Judges’ Houses section of The X Factor in 2007.

Also in 2007, Terry wrote and produced musical numbers and original songs for stars such as Elaine Paige and Olivia Coleman for the BBC TV series, Beautiful People, alongside the show’s musical supervisor, Ian Masterson. He was the vocal arranger on the 2007 West End revival of Jonathan Larson’s Rent at The Duke Of York’s Theatre, starring Denise Van Outen and Luke Evans, and along with director William Baker, musical supervisor Steve Anderson and burlesque star Miss Polly Rae he created The Hurly Burly Show, a bold burlesque comedy which enjoyed three West End runs plus tours in South Africa and Australia.

In October 2012 Terry took on dual roles as book writer and vocal arranger on Orchid, a musical, circus extravaganza that played for four months in the design district of South Miami. He was also both book writer and vocal arranger on Viva La Drag, the fictional, musical tale of an all-male ‘girl group’, which toured major UK theatres between 2013-15.

Terry’s first play, Some Girl I Used To Know, a bittersweet one-woman play with music starring Denise Van Outen, completed a successful UK tour followed by a West End run at The Arts Theatre in 2014. In 2021, the show re-emerged as a filmed-as-live performance for streaming, directed by Tamsin Outhwaite.

Terry has collaborated on twelve best-selling celebrity memoirs and co-authored YouTuber Oli White’s debut YA novel, Generation Next and the #1 Sunday Times Bestseller sequel, Generation Next: The Takeover. His most recent collaborations are with Bananarama, Denise Van-Outen and Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding, whose memoir made the Times bestseller list.

As well as working on a new novel, Terry is currently working with recording artist Bimini and up and coming singer-songwriter Raquel Reno.

“Terry is my go-to ghost writer for all commercial narrative non-fiction. We have worked together on a number of ghosted autobiographies, all of them Sunday Times bestsellers. Terry is an excellent writer with a great talent for capturing a voice and he manages to inject drama, jeopardy and emotion into every book he delivers. He can work to incredibly tight deadlines, charm even the most difficult of celebrities and is a joy to work with.”

Sarah Emsley, Publishing Director, Headline Publishing, Hachette UK.

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