A blogger called Trans-Scribe posted an article a while back, talking about 5 books or book series that NEED a TV adaptation. You can check out the full list here: https://trans--scribe.blogspot.com/2021/09/5-books-that-need-tv-show.html

I was very pleased to see The Demonata get a mention, and a I had a wry little chuckle at the blogger's opening line about it:

"Officially a ‘children’s’ series, The Demonata by Darren Shan might have one of the most messed up beginnings I’ve ever read, with an event that puts one of our protagonists in a psychiatric ward for months."

Heh heh!!! I still regularly read out chapter 2 from Lord Loss when I'm doing live events -- it never fails to draw a wide-eyed, open-mouthed response, even all these years later!

While I've obviously be delighted if any of my books or series were adapted for TV, I must admit I'd especially LOVE to see The Demonata brought to life, as it's just a such a visually wild and grisly ride -- imagine a world where the likes of Lord Loss, Artery and Vein were streaming into TV sets and computers all across the land every week!! Sadly, to date there hasn't been a whole lot of interest from production companies in taking it on. I think they're put off, not just by the violence -- and it WOULD be a challenging job to pitch on that front -- but by its complex, multi-narrator, overlapping timelines structure. I don't think it would be incredibly difficult to mould the stories into a shape that would work for a TV series, but they don't automatically lend themselves to that format, which might be putting off producers who want an easy, straightforward sell. I'm hopeful that one day someone will come along who loves the books and sees a way to make them work for TV, and has the industry links to convince those with the money to take a chance on it, but that knight in shining armour hasn't ridden along yet...

Oh, and while we're talking about potential TV adaptations... I was asked a few days ago to give another shout-out to an online petition asking Netflix to adapt Cirque Du Freak. I think that petitions like this only very rarely (if ever at all) achieve anything, but hey, there's no harm in lending your name to it, is there, just on the off chance... https://www.change.org/p/netflix-make-netflix-produce-a-cirque-du-freak-series-that-is-faithful-to-the-books