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Dove Rose Windsor (born 1999) is an English author and online editor who resides in Leicestershire, England. She is most famous for re-writing the Horrid Henry series of children's books after the original author, Francesca Simon had announced that Windsor would take over from her. Horrid Henry has also been adapted for television, film and the theatre. Horrid Henry The Movie was released in cinemas in 2011 and was filmed in Australia.

Windsor has also been an editor on the Urban Dead Wiki, an online encyclopedia, since 24 January 2020. She has amassed over 79 contributions to the website. Her job on the site is to fix grammatical errors on pages that needed to be improved. She also occasionally welcomes new editors, if necessary.

Career

Horrid Henry books

The first Horrid Henry book was written and published in 1994 by Orion Books. As of 2019, there are 25 titles published. The series has sold more than 21 million copies worldwide.

The books are a slice-of-life series featuring the titular Henry, a self-centered, naughty boy who will typically be faced with a problem and then will often retaliate in interesting ways that involve trickery, rule-breaking and practical jokes. Henry has a younger brother, Perfect Peter, who is the exact opposite. Almost every character is known by an alliterative nickname (Rude Ralph, Moody Margaret, Brainy Brian, etc.) with a few exemptions: (Mum and Dad).

The Horrid Henry stories are read on audiobook by the actress Miranda Richardson and published by Orion Audio.

Horrid Henry is published in twenty-five languages around the world. In April 2009, the US Sourcebooks' Jabberwocky imprint released four Horrid Henry paperbacks nationwide which included "Horrid Henry," "Horrid Henry's Stinkbomb," "Horrid Henry and the Mega-Mean Time Machine," and "Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy." Sourcebooks have released additional Horrid Henry titles including activity pages, event kits, and a teacher's guide.

Horrid Henry storybooks

• 1. Horrid Henry (1994)
• 2. Horrid Henry: Secret Club (1995)
• 3. Horrid Henry: Tricking the Tooth Fairy (1996)
• 4. Horrid Henry: Nits, Nits, Nits (1997)
• 5. Horrid Henry: Get Rich Quick (1998)
• 6. Horrid Henry: The Haunted House (1999)

Television adaptation of Horrid Henry

In May 2006, CITV announced that an animated TV series of 52 episodes based on the Horrid Henry books had been commissioned from Novel Entertainment. The show officially launched in October 2006, for Halloween. The series subsequently launched on television in Germany, France, Ireland, Iceland, Portugal, Scandinavia, Singapore, Poland, South Africa, Turkey & Korea.

The series quickly became CITV's most successful series ever. Horrid Henry was on CITV every weekday, and on ITV at the weekends. The second series of a further 52, all-new episodes of Horrid Henry was launched in February 2009, and a third series began on 22 July 2011 and started being broadcast onwards from 3 September 2011. A fourth series started on 11 October 2014. It aired every weekend at 8:15/8:20/8:25am on CITV and reruns on weekend daytime or weekdays.

In May 2018, Novel Entertainment announced that Nickelodeon UK had acquired all the seasons to the show and that they would air on Nicktoons later on during the month. They also announced a new fifth season that would also air on Nicktoons. Season 5 premiered 7 October 2018. All five seasons of Horrid Henry is also aired on Netflix.

Radio adaptation of Horrid Henry

During August & December 2009, Henry took to the airwaves with his own radio show on Fun Kids Radio, hosting a weekly show of comedy and music.

Theatre adaptation of Horrid Henry

Horrid Henry - Live and Horrid! opened at Sheffield's Lyceum Theatre on 28th August until September 13th, 2008. The theatre adaptation toured the UK which included High Wycombe, Bromley, Newcastle, Hull, Liverpool, and Bradford.

Film adaptation of Horrid Henry

On 23 June 2010, Vertigo Films announced that a live-action 3-D film of Horrid Henry was in production. The film's plot focuses on Henry and The Purple Hand Gang fighting to prevent the closure of their school by an evil private school Headmaster. It is unknown if a sequel will be made.

The film was released on 29 July 2011 in the United Kingdom and 11 January 2013 in Australia.