Editing Terrance Dicks (section)

==Children's fiction and non-fiction==
It was through his work on ''Doctor Who'' books that Dicks became a writer of children's fiction, penning many successful titles during the 1970s and 1980s. In 1976, he wrote a trilogy for [[Target Books]], ''The Mounties'', concerning a [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] recruit. They were followed from 1979 to 1983 another trilogy, ''Star Quest'', which was later re-printed by [[Big Finish Productions]].

Beginning in 1978, Dicks penned ''The Baker Street Irregulars'' inspired by [[Baker Street Irregulars|the Sherlock Holmes characters]]; the series eventually ran to 10 books,<ref name="Russell"/> the last published in 1987. In 1981, he commenced work on a series of six children's horror novels with ''Cry Vampire''. In 1987, Dicks started a new series for very young children titled ''T. R. Bear'', resulting in a further seven books. There followed the ''Sally Ann'' series, about a [[ragdoll]], ''Magnificent Max'', about a cat, and ''The Adventures of Goliath'' (Dicks' longest series, at 18 books), about a [[golden retriever]]. Another five books concerning a [[St. Bernard (dog)|St. Bernard]] dog make up the ''Harvey'' series.

''Jonathan's Ghost'' and its three sequels were published in 1988, and the three-part ''MacMagic'' series followed in 1990. ''The Littlest Dinosaur'' was published in 1993 and ''The Littlest on Guard'' in 1994. Other works that Dicks published in 1994 include ''Woof! The Never Ending Tale'', the ''Cold Blood'' series and the ''Chronicles of a Computer Game Addict'' series (both in four parts). Between 1998 and 2000, Dicks penned ''Changing Universe'' trilogy. In 2000 and 2001, Dicks produced the 12-book series, ''The Unexplained''.

As well as his numerous fictional works, Dicks also penned several non-fiction books for children,<ref name="theguardian.com"/> including ''Europe United'', ''A Riot of Writers'', ''Uproar in the House'', ''A Right Royal History'' and ''The Good, the Bad and the Ghastly''.