• Goodbye, Mr Little

    11 January 2021

    It's with great sadness that I have to announce the death of my agent, Christopher Little, who died at home surrounded by his family on January 7th, aged 79.

     

    Almost 25 years to the day earlier,...

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  • Leaf chasers

    10 January 2021

    In the middle of yet another lockdown, I'm once again reminded of how lucky I am to be living in the countryside where Mrs Shan and I can get out and about with our little ones while staying within...

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  • Molly Marie’s demons

    09 January 2021

    Last year a fan called Molly Marie created designs for a tarot set of cards based on characters from my Cirque Du Freak books. She set out to follow that up with another tarot set, this time...

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  • 16 out of 28

    08 January 2021

    There was a fun article over on Buzzfeed a while back, entitled If You've Read Over 28 Of These Books From Back In The Day, You're A Proper Bookworm. I scored 16 (I think), which I was quite happy...

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  • Let’s Talk About…

    07 January 2021

    There was a very interesting article about me on the You Don't Need Maps blog a while back, called... Let's Talk About Darren Shan. The blogger, Ellie, looked back on her favourite two series of...

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  • Two memes to break you!

    06 January 2021

    It's been a while since I posted any memes, so let's rectify that with a rib-tickling double bill.

     

    The first was shared with me by a fan called Mahtab, who noted that my books often do both of...

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