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Peter Corey is the writer of a series of books whose titles always begin with Coping With... These books are targeted and younger people like teenagers because they are humourous. He has written other books but they are serious. He has also written scripts for many television programs and he has played roles on dramas and soaps.

Family Life

He lives with his wife and five children in Margate in Kent, UK. His wife is a teacher.

Books

His most successful book series is Coping With..., written mostly for secondary school age (11-16) children. They are designed to be useful, containing tips on how to 'Cope', however, the books are also very humourous in nature. Two distinguishing features of these books are: a complete A-Z of subjects (often with 'cheat' subjects for letters Q,V,X,Y and Z such as 'Zee end bit'), and heavy use of humourous footnotes, often with funny 'background information' about a subject.

The titles in the series are (in order):

Coping With Parents (1989, ISBN 0590761404)
Coping With Teachers (1991, ISBN 0590764853)
Coping With Girls/ Boys (co-written with Kara May) (1992, ISBN 0590550446)
Coping With School (1993, ISBN 0590552791)
Coping With The Family (1994, ISBN 0590555243)
Coping With Pets (1995, ISBN 0590558382)
Coping With Friends (1996, ISBN 0590131834)
Coping With Love (1997, ISBN 0590134469)
Coping With Exams and Tests (1998, ISBN 0590196839)
Coping With The 21st Century (1999, ISBN 0590111922)
Coping With Christmas (1999, ISBN 0439011876)
Coping With Cash (2000, ISBN 0439010152)
Coping With 1999 (a diary)

His other books include 'The A-Z of Absolutely Everything', 'The Life and Times of Cristóbal Colón; Columbus Exposed' (a semi-accurate biography of Christopher Columbus, 1992, ISBN 0590551086), 'Palace Hill the Book' (A book version of the Palace Hill TV series) and 'The Number 73 annual' (An annual of a TV series, 1985), which was recalled due to containing very high numbers of spelling errors.

Work On Camera

Peter Corey has starred in dramas and soaps. He was in Brookside for two years playing "Freddie Spence", a man who did not like the police and was outraged when his daughter, Diana, married a policeman. He was in EastEnders for six months playing "Vic the Crusher", who was an extortionist. Peter also played Mr. Prout in One Foot in the Grave.

His other roles include:

London's Burning
Hornblower
Harry's Mad
Sooty Heights
The Bill
No Sweat

During his acting career, Peter Corey has worked with many well-known people including Frank Skinner, Steve Coogan, Jack Dee and Richard Blackwood.

His Coping With Books have been transformed into a TV show, starting as a one-off called "Coping with Grown-Ups" in 1994, followed by "Coping with Christmas" in 1995, and a six-part series; (Holidays, School, Cool, Relatives, Girls, Boys) over the 1997-1998 Christmas Holiday.

Work For The Camera

He has also written several comedies, including:

Your Mother Wouldn't Like It (A children's sketch show)
Palace Hill (A comedy about the younger royals eg. Princes William and Harry)
The Comedy Crowd (A one-off comedy sketch show)
Cue Gary (Observational sketch show)

Work On Stage

He has written over 40 scripts and stage plays. He started writing 30 years ago and has managed to write 15 books on top of the plays. One of his plays is an adaptation of Spike Milligan's Badjelly the Witch.

Awards

His Coping With... series has been very successful and he has spawned eight TV programmes. These programmes have helped him win four BAFTA , the Prix Jeunesse, a Writers Guild award and a Bronze Apple.

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