Over the years, quite a few fans have sent me photos of their Darren Shan collections. They're usually pretty impressive -- I've written a LOT of books, and they take up a lot of shelf space when...

A fan of my books, called Kendra, recently wrote to me for some advice about publishing. In her email she said:

"I'm a comic artist/animator, just about to graduate college, and I have a piece...

Just as readers have favourite authors, I think authors who read their reviews tend to have favourite reviewers too. I'm not talking about favouring those who always give you a glowing review --...

Valentine's Day has come and gone, so I'm either a couple of weeks late with these, or 50 weeks early for next year's day of love! :-)

These were drawn by Amity Lee, for those fans of my Cirque Du...

I get Google alerts any time Cirque Du Freak is mentioned in a news story, and I got one recently concerning an upcoming run of the musical Hedwig And The Angry Inch in Pennsylvania in the USA.

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As I do most Sundays, I'm sharing some Shan family snaps, and this week I'm featuring my daughter Gaia.

The first photo was taken a few weeks back, before she had properly started walking but...