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The Demonata is a series of books by best selling author Darren Shan. It deals with the world of demons (as opposed to his other series, The Saga of Darren Shan, which involves vampires). The series is told by three different protagonists: Grubbs Grady, Kernel Fleck, and Bec MacConn, the latter of which is the first female protagonist in a Darren Shan book. The series contains ten books.

The Books[link]

Released[link]

Cover illustration copyright Melvyn Grant

1. Lord Loss - June 6, 2005 (October 5, 2005 in the US)
2. Demon Thief - October 5, 2005 (June 7, 2006 in the US)
3. Slawter - June 1, 2006 (November 1, 2006 in the US)
4. Bec - October 2, 2006 (May 1, 2007 in the US)
5. Blood Beast - June, 2007 (November 1, 2007 in the US)
6. Demon Apocalypse - October, 2007 (May 1, 2008 in the US)
7. Death's Shadow - May, 2008 (November 1, 2008 in the US)
8. Wolf Island - October 1, 2008 (May 1, 2009 in the US)
9. Dark Calling - May 1, 2009 (October 2009 in US)
10. Hell's Heroes ^[1] - 1 October 2009 (May 2010 in the US)

Chronological Order[link]

• Bec (Between 351 AD and 400 AD, during ancient Ireland's conversion from Paganism to Christianity, about 1600 years before Demon Thief)
• Demon Thief (Mid 1970s, about 30 years before Lord Loss)
• Lord Loss (Early 21st century)
• Slawter (Fourteen months after the end of Lord Loss)
• Blood Beast (About a year after Slawter)
• Demon Apocalypse (Directly following Blood Beast)
• Death's Shadow (Six months after Demon Apocalypse)
• Wolf Island (Roughly parallel to Dark Calling)
• Dark Calling (Roughly parallel to Wolf Island)
• Hell's Heroes (Directly following Dark Calling)

Narrators[link]

The narrator of each book in the Demonata series shifts between the three protagonists of the series; Grubbs Grady, Kernel Fleck and Bec MacConn.

Darren Shan stated there is a pattern to the narrations and "you'll guess who's narrating the others." What Shan was referring to was the fact that the order in which the narrators of the first five go in is the exact opposite of the order of the following five.

Plot[link]

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The series centers around three protagonists: Grubitsch "Grubbs" Grady, Cornelius "Kernel" Fleck and Bec MacConn. Although they meet each other at various points, they are from separate times; Grubbs lives in the present day, Kernel in the 1970s and Bec in around 450AD. The books detail their fight against the evil demon master Lord Loss, his many demon familiars and the mysterious Shadow, who promises to destroy the human universe and to even stop death. Together with The Disciples, the main characters thwart the Demonata's attempts at world destruction multiple times.

Lord Loss was originally a poem written by Darren Shan, found in the front of Lord Loss. The story of Lord Loss and the Demonata came to Darren while he was working on The Saga. He wrote the book and left it alone until the Saga was finished. At first he had no idea it would be a series but then he wrote Bec, Blood Beast, and Demon Apocalypse. He felt that he needed another book to describe how Grubbs' magical power developed. So the idea for Slawter was born. At that time there was no Demon Thief, so he wrote another book to explain how it would be such a big deal when Kernel lost his eyes.

In Lord Loss(novel), Grubitsch "Grubbs" Grady is horrified to discover his family's mutilated remains at the hands of the demon master Lord Loss and his familiars, Artery and Vein. Grubbs escapes thanks to his newly-discovered magical power, but goes insane with grief and is put in an asylum. His uncle Dervish, however, convinces Grubbs to come with him, as he knows about demons as well. They travel to Carcery Vale, and Grubbs meets Bill-E Spleen and Meera Flame. Bill-E reveals that he believes Dervish may be a werewolf due to the remains of local wildlife he found, but it is revealed that Bill-E is actually the werewolf. Dervish explains that lycanthropy is a family curse, and that Bill-E is Grubbs's half-brother. In order to cure Bill-E, they needed to beat Lord Loss in chess, his favorite game, and his familiars in battle. They manage to beat him, and Lord Loss cures Bill-E. He must take Dervish, however, to fight in his own realm, and Grubbs takes care of his body while Dervish's soul fights Lord Loss and, eventually, Dervish awakens.

In Demon Thief, Cornelius "Kernel" Fleck, a troubled boy who can see patches of light invisible to all else, accidentally opens a window to Lord Loss's realm, and disappears for days, only to reappear with his baby brother Art on his chest. His family decides to move and start fresh, but a year later another window opens, this time bringing a demon named Cadaver who kidnaps Art before returning. Kernel follows the demon through the window, and meets Beranabus the magician, along with Disciples Raz, Sharmila, and Nadia. Kernel joins them when it is revealed he has magical potential, and he follows them as they hunt down Cadaver. Eventually, it is revealed Kernel can create windows at incredible rates, and is separated from the rest of the group. Trying to get back to the Demonata universe, he runs into Disciples Shark and a younger Dervish, who join him after taking down a demon. They make it to Lord Loss's realm, and he gives the group Cadaver in exchange for Nadia, who switches sides. Kernel goes into the Original Board so he can find the 'demon thief' and get his brother back, only to discover that he himself took Artery the demon familiar and changed him into his brother. Heartbroken, Kernel goes back home and learns that he has been gone for seven years, and his parents no longer want him. He returns to Beranabus, and reveals that he may be part of the demonic weapon capable of destroying a universe known as the Kah-Gash.

In Slawter, Grubbs and Dervish are still recovering from their demonic encounters when a movie producer named Davida Haym asks the two to come on the town set of her new movie Slawter to help with advice on the demons used there. When Grubbs, Dervish, and Bill-E get there, Grubbs witnesses some of the scenes featuring demons and is convinced there are actual demons in Slawter. Dervish has been brainwashed by the evil Chuda Sool, and refuses to believe Grubbs . Grubbs breaks into the "D-Workshops" with Bill-E and Juni Swan, a child psychologist on the set, and discovers human sacrifices powering up a tunnel to let demons come through and kill the whole town.Juni manages to convince Dervish and Grubbs, Bill-E, Juni, and Dervish try to leave, but are stopped by an illusion of Bill-E being kidnapped by the Lambs, family executioners of changed Gradys.They travel to the Lambs lab to rescue Bill-E. Grubbs notices that everything goes to swiftly and the lab looks familiar. He realizes on the way he feel asleep but didn't dream.Grubbs realizes the trick and says a spell to wake them up only minutes before the demons are unleashed, with Lord Loss leading the army. Grubbs, Dervish, Bill-E, Juni, and a few others are able to escape the town's magical barriers, while the rest inside are killed. Later, Dervish tests Grubbs's magical potential to see if he would be a good cause to the Disciples, but Grubbs hides his magic from his uncle without even knowing it. He knows though that he must have magic in him. He gets up and goes to the bathroom. he turns the light on and off with magic. He realizes he does have true magic.

In Bec(novel), Bec MacConn lives in 350-400 AD Ireland, and her clan is constantly attacked by demons during the night. Eventually, a simple boy with magical speed named Bran takes Bec and a group of warriors to Drust the druid, who tells them of the Demonata and how they are creating a tunnel that could destroy the world if left open. They travel the land, losing warriors one by one thanks to Lord Loss, who Bec drained power from earlier. She meets up with her true clan, who reveals that her family has been afflicted with the werewolf curse for generations, and the Old Creatures, who tell Bec the only way to close the tunnel is through the sacrifice of a druid or priestess, revealing why Drust needed her. Nevertheless, she accepts her task, and they reach the tunnel, but only Bec and Drust make it to the magical lodestone keeping the tunnel open. Right before Drust sacrifices Bec, however, Bran comes and fatally wounds Drust, who decides to become the sacrifice instead. Bec completes the spell, and the tunnel collapses. Bran is able to make it out before it closes, but Bec is left in the cave, and Lord Loss sets his familiars on her. They kill her but her ghost survives, trapped in the cave for 1600 years.

In Blood Beast, Grubbs has tried to hide his magician's powers from Dervish, but they reach to a point where he will perform magical feats without knowing he is doing so, such as when he breaks a bottle in midair during a party, and also seems to partially change into a werewolf during the night. He, Bill-E, and their friend Loch try digging for buried treasure around Dervish's mansion, but they stumble across the cave used in Bec for the tunnel, and Loch seems to fall to his death. Dervish, after covering up where Loch died, explains to Grubbs what the tunnel is, and Grubbs comes clean with his magician abilities and werewolf turnings. Days later, Grubbs and Bill-E are visited by Juni from Slawter, who comes to help the boys deal with Loch's death and renew her relationship with Dervish. She helps Dervish in keeping Grubbs in a human form when the curse tries to turn him, but then escapes with him when she tells Grubbs that Dervish called in the Lambs. While on an airplane, the plane is attacked by Lord Loss and his demons, and it is revealed that Juni is his servant.

The story continues in Demon Apocalypse, where Grubbs is saved by Beranabus the magician from the demons. The two magically fly to Beranabus's base, where Kernel and Grubbs meet, before traveling to the Demonata universe to train Grubbs in the ways of the Disciples. But when Grubbs proves to be cowardly and weak, Kernel sends him back to the human universe, where he spends seven weeks alone before the two return. When they get back, they are contacted by Sharmila, who tells them that waves of demons have successfully crossed over through the tunnel. In a last effort to stop the Demonata, the Disciples fly to the tunnel's location, but before they can get to it, Kernel is blinded and Grubbs loses hope when he sees everyone he knew dead. Suddenly, the spirit of Bec comes from the tunnel and joins with Grubbs and Kernel, and the three pieces of the Kah-Gash reverse time to the night the tunnel opened. They try to stop Juni, who is believed to have sacrificed a human and intends to join with the tunnel, but when they kill her, it is revealed that Bill-E made Loch fall and die, and so is the key to opening the tunnel. When they see a large black demon try to escape the tunnel, the heroes have no choice but to kill Bill-E. Before Lord Loss can kill them, Bec takes over Bill-E's body and wards him off. Later, Beranabus and Kernel prepare to return to the Demonata universe, and after urging him to come with them, Grubbs follows.

Some time later in "Deaths Shadow" Bec is living with Dervish when werewolfs attack Dervish's mansion, luckily they manage to escape but Dervish suffers a heart attack. Bec and Meera take Dervish to the hosipital. A few days later the hospital is attacked by demons but in the nick of time Beranabaus, Kernel and Grubbs come through a window and kill all the demons. After they kill all the demons they decide they need to take the fight to the demons. Later on they find out Juni is on a ship on earth. Kernel opens a window and they all go. They find Juni in the hold of the ship and she summons "The Shadow" which they later find out is "Death" through Bec's ability to absorb memories. Beranabus transforms into his demonic side to fight death and manages to push it back through the window, Beranabus dies in the process. They explode Sharmila against the barrier around the ship and Bec, Deverish and Kirilli (a disciple they met on the ship) find themselves stranded in the ocean.

Parallel to that in "Wolf Island" Grubbs, Shark, and Meera, along with several of Shark's associates from his time in the military, travel to an island where humans have been breeding werewolves for years. This island is known as Wolf island. There are several hundred wolves there, as well as humans that follow the demons. The characters all get into a situation where they're trapped and they attempt to escape the island. All of Shark's aquantancies save one get devoured by the wolves. Shark himself is nearly killed, and he loses several fingers. They are eventually surrounded and Grubbs reluctantly surrenders to his werewolf side. The other wolves acknowledge him as their alpha male, after which, Grubbs goes into a not-quite-human not-quite-werewolf form. Grubbs takes a few dozen of the smarter werewolves as shock troops against the demons, which are beginning to invade en masse. The book closes with them in an unspecified city fighting off the invasion.

References[link]

1. ^ "Shanville Monthly December 2008". http://www.darrenshan.com/monthly/index.html. Retrieved 2008-12-01. 

External links[link]

• The Demonata series at Cirque du Freak Wiki
• Darren Shan's official website

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Darren Shan
Born	Darren O'Shaughnessy (1972-07-02) 2 July 1972 (age 39) London, England
Pen name	Darren Shan, D. B. Shan
Occupation	Novelist
Nationality	Irish  Ireland
Period	1999—present
Genres	Horror, Fantasy
Notable work(s)	The Saga of Darren Shan, The Demonata
www.darrenshan.com

Darren O'Shaughnessy ( /oʊˈʃɔːnəsi/; born 5 July 1972 in London, England^[1]), who commonly writes under the pen name Darren Shan,^[2] is an Irish author. Darren Shan is the main character in Shan's The Saga of Darren Shan young-adult fiction series. He also wrote The Demonata series as well as the stand-alone books, Koyasan and The Thin Executioner. The City Book Trilogy was written for older, adult readers. He has recently released the final novel in the four-book series, The Saga of Larten Crepsley.

Early life[link]

Shan was born on 2nd July 1972 at St Thomas' Hospital, London. At the age of three, he started school at English Martyr's near the Elephant and Castle. When he was six, he moved with his parents and younger brother, to Limerick, where he has lived ever since.^{[citation needed]}

He received his primary education in Askeaton, and attended secondary school at Copsewood College, Pallaskenry. He returned to London to pursue a degree in Sociology and English from Roehampton University.^{[citation needed]}

Career[link]

Shan, before he decided to become a full-time writer, worked for a cable company in Limerick for two years. He bought his first typewriter when he was fourteen and wrote many short stories, comic scripts, and books that he never finished. His first success came to him at age fifteen, when he was a runner-up in a TV script-writing competition for R.T.É. in Ireland, with a dark comedy story entitled A Day in the Morgue. He finished his first novel at age seventeen. Mute Pursuit was never published, but he loved the writing experience, so he started focusing on novels more and not on short stories.

His breakthrough came with Ayuamarca, written under his full name instead of a pen name. It was published in February 1999 by Orion Publishing Group, and did not sell very well.^{[citation needed]} The sequel, Hell's Horizon, published in February 2000, was thought by some to be a better book, but sold fewer copies than the first. Ayuamarca was re-released in March 2008 under the title of Procession of the Dead and under the pen-name D.B Shan. Hell's Horizon followed in March 2009, and the third in the trilogy, City of the Snakes in March 2010 (but this time under the name of Darren Shan). In January 2000, Shan released Cirque du Freak, the first book of The Saga of Darren Shan series in the UK and Ireland. The series was a huge global success and by 2012 his books were on sale in 39 countries, in 31 languages, and had sold in excess of twenty million copies worldwide.^{[citation needed]}

Personal[link]

Shan is in possession of thousands of films and collects original artwork. He enjoys reading books and comic books, taking long walks, watching football, listening to pop and rock music, and traveling worldwide both to promote his works and for leisure. He is a huge Tottenham Hotspur and Republic of Ireland football fan.

He lives in Limerick, Ireland, with his fiancée Bas.^[3]

Books[link]

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The Saga of Darren Shan[link]

(Also known as "Cirque Du Freak Series")

The Vampire Blood Trilogy

• 1. Cirque Du Freak ISBN-0316605107
• 2. The Vampire's Assistant ISBN-0316905720 (0316606847)
• 3. Tunnels of Blood ISBN-0316905739

The Vampire Rites Trilogy

• 4. Vampire Mountain ISBN-0316905747
• 5. Trials of Death ISBN-0316603953
• 6. The Vampire Prince ISBN-0316000973

The Vampire War Trilogy

• 7. Hunters of the Dusk ISBN-0316000981
• 8. Allies of the Night ISBN-000713780X
• 9. Killers of the Dawn ISBN-0316106542

The Vampire Destiny Trilogy

• 10. The Lake of Souls ISBN-0316016659
• 11. Lord of the Shadows ISBN-0316156280
• 12. Sons of Destiny ISBN-0316016640

Koyasan[link]

A short novel released for World Book Day in the UK in 2006. It is now out of print. It has also been translated and released in several other countries.

The Demonata[link]

The Demonata is a ten-book series.

1. Lord Loss
2. Demon Thief
3. Slawter
4. Bec
5. Blood Beast
6. Demon Apocalypse
7. Death's Shadow
8. Wolf Island
9. Dark Calling
10. Hell's Heroes

The City Trilogy[link]

The City Trilogy was written for adult readers and was originally released under the name of Darren O'Shaughnessy. The third book was never published and the original versions are now out of print. They were published by Orion Publishing Group. However, in March 2008, Ayuamarca was re-published as Procession of the Dead (with substantial changes) by the Voyager imprint of Harper Collins (Shan's children's publisher). Hell's Horizon was released in March 2009 and City of the Snakes was released in March 2010. All three books are now also available in the US, as well as in several other countries.

1. Ayuamarca - Renamed Procession of the Dead - First published in the United Kingdom in February 1999 and later in Russia. Re-released in the UK in March 2008.
2. Hell's Horizon - Sequel to Ayuamarca. First published in the United Kingdom in February 2000. Re-released in March 2009.^[4]
3. City of the Snakes - Last book of The City Trilogy. It came out in the United Kingdom on the first of March 2010.^[4]

The Thin Executioner[link]

A one-off novel, The Thin Executioner was released in April 2010. Inspired in part by The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and based in a brutal, fantastical world, it details the perilous quest of Jebel, the thin son of a respected executioner, to petition a fire god for invincibility, so that he can succeed his father.

Jebel Rum is a thin, scrawny boy. His father is the famed executioner in the city where they live. When Jebel is humiliated in public, he sets off on a quest to gain great strength and invincibility. If successful, he will be able to compete in a gruelling contest to prove himself and replace his father as the wielder of the axe. Failure, on the other hands, means certain death.

To win the favour of a fire god, Jebel must make a human sacrifice. He finds a slave who is willing to pay this grisly price, and the pair set off on a trek through lands deadly and unwelcoming. In the course of their travels they will encounter hatred, bigotry, slavery, death and more.

Shan has often stated that this is his favourite out of all of the books he has written over the years ^[5]

The Saga of Larten Crepsley[link]

This is a four-book series covering 200 years in the life of Larten Crepsley, a vampire first introduced to readers in Cirque Du Freak.

1. Book 1, Birth Of A Killer. Released in the UK and US in October 2010.
2. Book 2, Ocean Of Blood. Released in UK and US in April 2011.
3. Book 3, Palace of the Damned. Released in UK and US in September 2011.
4. Book 4, Brothers to the Death. Released in UK and US in April/May 2012.

Zom-B[link]

On 12 October 2011, it was announced that Darren Shan's next series for teenagers would focus on zombies, and that the title of the series was Zom-B. There will be twelve books in total. The first book will be released in the UK and USA in late September 2012, and the sequels will follow at a rate of one every three months. On the 7th march 2012 Darren shan made a world exclusive reading of the prologue of the first book in the Dubai collage, Dubai ^[6] Darren revealed that the name of the first book is simply Zom-b.

Lady of the Shades[link]

On 12 October 2011, it was announced that Darren Shan's next book for adults would be called Lady of the Shades. It is due for release in the UK and Ireland on August 30, 2012.^[6]

Online short spin-off stories[link]

• "An Essay on Vampires" "by" Steve Leopard - book 1 tie-in story.
• "Annie's Diary" - book 1 tie-in story.
• "Tiny Terrors" - book 2 tie-in story.
• "Transylvania Trek" - a short story "written" by Sam Grest.
• "Shanta Claus" (only available at Christmas)
• "Lonely Lefty" - book 3 tie-in story.
• "Bride of Sam Grest" - another short story "written" by Sam Grest.
• "An Affair of the Night" - book 5 tie-in story (should be read just before or after book 5).

Short stories[link]

1. "Hagurosan" - Originally written for Kids' Night In.
2. "Young Alan Moore" - Originally written for Alan Moore: Portrait of an Extraordinary Gentleman, a book written to celebrate the 50th birthday of Alan Moore.
3. "The Good Ship Tree" - Originally written for the Times Educational Supplement, and accepted.
4. "Life's a Beach" - Originally written for the Times Educational Supplement, but rejected.
5. "Guyifesto—Who We Are" - Originally written for Guys Write For Guys Read. (Play on words of "manifesto")
6. The Saga of Darren Shan tie-in short stories - See above

Unpublished books[link]

In July 2009, Shan revealed that he has written first drafts of 53 books in total. 31 of those are published or due for publication over the next few years. The rest include some books that he is working on for the future, along with some he might one day return to and publish, and others that he will probably never do anything more with. Two of the unpublished books are Mute Pursuit and The Cannibal King:

1. Mute Pursuit - A futuristic cross between The Terminator and Stephen King's The Dark Tower; this was Shan's first completed book at age seventeen.

1. The Cannibal King - This was originally going to be the 12th book of The Saga of Darren Shan — book 11 was originally meant to be much longer, including elements from the first half of what became Sons of Destiny. The Cannibal King was never published because it was originally part of the planned 24-book Saga. Shan had planned to write 18—24 books for The Saga, with half of them taking place in the future wasteworld shown in Book 10, The Lake of Souls. For reasons explained on his web site, Shan decided to end the series with Sons of Destiny, which was written and released instead of The Cannibal King. He never reveals anything that he wrote in this book, because there is a possibility that he might one day write a follow-up series to The Saga, which would take parts of this book as its starting point.

Film[link]

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Universal Studios bought the film rights to the first three books of The Saga of Darren Shan and combined them to make a single movie. Lauren Shuler Donner produced the film and Paul Weitz directed. The original screenplay was written by Brian Helgeland but rewritten entirely by Paul Weitz. The first movie is called The Vampire's Assistant and was released in the US on 23 October 2009.^[7]

Awards[link]

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The Saga of Darren Shan[link]

• In 2001, Cirque Du Freak (Book 1) received 2nd prize at the Sheffield Children's Book Award.
• In 2001, Cirque Du Freak (Book 1) was shortlisted for the WHSmith Children's Book Of The Year in the UK.
• In 2002, Cirque Du Freak (Book 1) received an IRA-CBC Children's Choice Award, in the US. (IRA = International Reading Association, and CBC = Children's Book Council).
• In 2002, Cirque Du Freak (Book 1) received a certificate of Outstanding Achievement in Books from the Parent's Guide to Children's Media Inc, in the US.
• In 2004, Cirque Du Freak (Book 1) won the Wyoming Soaring Eagle book award.
• In 2005, The Vampire's Assistant (Book 2) was shortlisted for the Wyoming Soaring Eagle book award.
• In 2007, The Allies of the Night (Book 8) was shortlisted for the I Love This Book book award.

The Demonata[link]

• In 2006, Lord Loss won the Redbridge Teenage Book award, in the UK.
• In 2006, Lord Loss was shortlisted for the Berkshire Book award, in the UK.
• In 2006, Lord Loss was shortlisted for the Doncaster Book award, in the UK.
• In 2006, Lord Loss was shortlisted for the Lancashire Children's Book Of The Year award, in the UK.
• In 2007, Lord Loss was shortlisted for the Leeds Children's Book award, in the UK.
• In 2007, Demon Thief was shortlisted for the Doncaster Book award, in the UK.
• In 2007, Demon Thief was shortlisted for the Irish Children's Book Of The Year award, in Ireland.
• In 2007, Demon Thief was shortlisted for the Lancashire Children's Book Of The Year award, in the UK.
• In 2007, Slawter was shortlisted for the Staffordshire Young Teen Fiction book award, in the UK.
• In 2007, Blood Beast was shortlisted for the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award, in the UK.
• In 2008, Lord Loss was shortlisted for the Flume: NH Teen Reader's Choice award, in the US.
• In 2008, Blood Beast was shortlisted for the Doncaster Book Award, in the UK.
• In 2008, Demon Apocalypse was shortlisted for the Worcestershire Teen Book Award, in the UK.
• In 2009, Death's Shadow was shortlisted for the Worcestershire Teen Book Award, in the UK.

The Saga Of Larten Crespley[link]

• In 2010, "Birth of a Killer" was shortlisted for the Berkshire Book Award, in the UK.
• In 2011, "Birth of a Killer" was shortlisted for the Independent Booksellers Week Award, in the UK.
• In 2011, "Ocean Of Blood" was shortlisted for the Children's Book Of The Year, in the Irish Book Awards.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Darren Shan Demonata website
• Darren Shan website
• D.B Shan website
• Darren Shan blog
• Darren Shan talks about Cirque du Freak
• Darren Shan lists his favourite books at bookarmy.com
• Darren Shan reads extracts from his books for an hour as part of the One & Other art installation in Trafalgar Square
• Darren Shan at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview with Darren Shan on Veronika Asks
• Darren Shan Interview with Scottish Book Trust, October *[http://www.limerickcity.ie/Library/LocalStudies/LocalStudiesFiles/W/Writers-GeneralFictionDrama/ Darren Shan in 'Writers - Fiction' file at Limerick City Library, Ireland] 2009 (audio)
• Darren Shan at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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