Horrible Science: Deadly Diseases Award-winning author by Nick Arnold (author) and Tony De Saulles (illustrator)

Author/Illustrator

Nick Arnold

When he is not writing, Nick spends his time travelling around the UK, giving talks to children in bookshops, schools and libraries. He has recently moved to Devon, England. Horrible Science author Nick Arnold has been writing books and stories since he was a lad. Even in those days his favourite subjects for stories were horrible goings-on – the more gruesome the better. So you see, he hasn’t changed a bit.

Nick’s first published books appeared several years ago when he was working at the University of North London on a project teaching children about nature. This led on to magazine articles. And one day Nick had a brilliant idea, if he could write articles he could write books… Since then Nick has lost count of the number of books he’s written.

He teamed up with Scholastic and the best-selling/award-winning series, Horrible Science was created. There’s currently over twenty titles on sale – including Ugly Bugs, Blood, Bones and Body Bits, Chemical Chaos, Nasty Nature and Disgusting Digestion to name but a few. Nick’s most recent books are Explosive Experiments, Killer Energy and The Body Owner’s Handbook.

Ugly Bugs and Blood Bones & Body Bits won the prestigious Rhône-Poulenc Junior Science Books Prize in 1997. Nick’s also had the honour of being a judge for the Rhône-Poulenc Prize for Science. Sales across the series now stand at over an amazing one and half million books!

Aside from Horrible Science Nick has written Awesome Archeology for The Knowledge, Speedy Reads: The Moon Landing. He soon have a new series to his name called Wild Lives, about the first year in animals life, first up Nick will be looking at lions and sharks!

When he’s not writing books, Nick is constantly taking his one-person show to bookshops, libraries, festivals and schools. The show is everything you would expect from a Horrible Science book, packed with revolting experiments and gory descriptions.

Tony De Saulles

Internet Vet is the first series he has written and illustrated. His own family are animal mad, and Internet Vet gives him more than a few ideas for the books, as well as plenty of reference for his research.

Reviews

1. chang jayden
   on 4 December 2020

   super interesting

   this book is super interesting and i got the whole horrible lot!:D

   5out of 5

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What kids think

1. Sushi123
   on 13 July 2016

   I love these books and telling by the reviews so does everyone else About a year ago I saw this but sadly did not get it when I came back to the shop that I saw it it was GONE so I am really happy to be getting it Soon I love books about diseases because they are quite interesting

2. CookieM
   on 9 March 2013

   I loved this book but some of it is really gross!

   5out of 5

3. ellie-melay27
   on 6 March 2013

   soooo funny i love this book and all it’s series! it’s a really fun way to learn about the weirdest illnesses of all time. you don’t even have to like art, science or be good at either one of them to like this series. hope you like this book and i recommend all the other books in the series too!

4. mutemath4ever
   on 6 March 2012

   This is a really interesting book but not for the faint hearted. It tells you all about different diseases and their cures and how they were found. Obviously it’s told and presented in the typical ‘horrible series’ format – being funny and with lots of illustrations. Great read ages 11+

5. spongy01
   on 7 May 2011

   it is really making me aware of what horrible diseases i could catch off one stranger’s single sneeze!!!!!!!!!!!!

   5out of 5