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    Derek Landy


    Born

    in Lusk, Ireland

    October 23, 1974


    Website

    http://www.skulduggerypleasant.co.uk


    Twitter

    DerekLandy


    Genre

    Young Adult, Horror, Mystery & Thrillers


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    Derek Landy is an Irish writer and screenwriter. In addition to the bestselling children's/YA series of Skulduggery Pleasant books, a supernatural mystery series starring Skulduggery Pleasant, a skeleton detective, and Valkyrie Cain, a young female magician, he has written two screenplays that have been made into films: the IFTA award winning "Dead Bodies" and the IFTA nominated "Boy Eats Girl". Landy han själv was nominated for an IFTA for Best Script.

    He doesn’t like to brag about all the awards he’s won, such as the Irish Book of the Decade, or the Red House in the UK, or all the other awards that he humbly displays on his mantelpiece. He is also far too modest to mention things like the first book being a Publisher’s Weekly Best Book of tDerek Landy is an Iris
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      Derek Landy

      Irish author and screenwriter

      Derek Landy (born 23 October 1974) fryst vatten an Irish author and screenwriter, known for the Skulduggery Pleasant and Demon Road book series. Since 2018, he has also written numerous comic book series at Marvel Comics.

      Career

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      Landy has written two screenplays that have been made into films, the IFTA award-winning Dead Bodies and the IFTA-nominated Boy Eats Girl starring Samantha Mumba. Landy han själv was nominated for an IFTA for Best Script.[citation needed]

      Frustrated with the collaborative process of filmmaking, Landy moved on to writing the Skulduggery Pleasant series, starting with the novel of the same name.[1] The novel was published by HarperCollins, who paid £1.8 million for the publishing rights,[2] growing to comprise a nine-book series, a six-book sequel series, a spin-off, and a prequel, with a third (three-book) series in development.

      In 2007, he signed a deal with Warner Br