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Darren Shan

Born in London in 1972, Darren O′Shaughnessy [writing as Darren Shan] moved to Limerick with his parents and younger brother. He returned to London to study Sociology and English, then worked for a TV cable company. His first adult novel, Ayuamarca, has been published by Orion and his writing has been likened to Clive Barker and Iain Banks. He is now a full-time writer of TV scripts and novels.
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Books
City of The Snakes City of The Snakes
For ten years Capac Raimi has ruled the City as The Cardinal. Created by...
The Thin Executioner The Thin Executioner
In a harsh, unforgiving world of slavery and glorified executions,...
Birth of a Killer Birth of a Killer
The first of four Larten Crepsley books that will span the nineteenth and...

Interview

Where did the idea for Cirque du Freak come from?

It started one day when I was looking for a Goosebumps book. And I was reminded of how excited I would′ve been by Goosebumps if I were reading them and I was 10 or 11 years old. At the same time I could see how they lacked the depths of something like say the Secret Garden or more literary books. So I thought it would be nice if there was a book out there that combined the two - that had the excitement of the Goosebumps books but that hit you on a deeper level as well. The...

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