Leaf chasers
10 January 2021In 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...
Molly Marie’s demons
09 January 2021Last 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...
16 out of 28
08 January 2021There 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...
Let’s Talk About…
07 January 2021There 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...
Two memes to break you!
06 January 2021It'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...
Amity Lee Inktober Part 4
05 January 2021In October a fan called Amity Lee decided to do INKTOBER, where artists set themselves a challenge of producing a certain amount of work over the course of the month, inspired by a set of "prompt"...