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Derek Landy

Born

in Lusk, Ireland

October 23, 1974

Website

http://www.skulduggerypleasant.co.uk

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Genre

Young Adult, Horror, Mystery & Thrillers

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Derek Landy is an Irish writer and screenwriter. In addition to the bestselling children's/YA series of Skulduggery Pleasant books, a supernatural mystery series starring Skulduggery Pleasant, a skeleton detective, and Valkyrie Cain, a young female magician, he has written two screenplays that have been made into films: the IFTA award winning "Dead Bodies" and the IFTA nominated "Boy Eats Girl". Landy himself was nominated for an IFTA for Best Script.

He doesn’t like to brag about all the awards he’s won, such as the Irish Book of the Decade, or the Red House in the UK, or all the other awards that he humbly displays on his mantelpiece. He is also far too modest to mention things like the first book being a Publisher’s Weekly Best Book of t ...more

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American Monsters Tour

The third and final book in the Demon Road series is almost upon us... (of course, if you're in Ireland, it may be upon you already...)

Tour details are below. If you can make it, AWESOME. If we're not going anywhere near you, hopefully we will at some stage in the future.

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Derek Landy’s books

Average rating: 4.32 · 349,298 ratings · 22,127 reviews · 253 distinct works • Similar authors

	Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant, #1) by Derek Landy, Tom Percival (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.18 avg rating — 72,709 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Playing with Fire (Skulduggery Pleasant, #2) 4.29 avg rating — 34,971 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Faceless Ones (Skulduggery Pleasant, #3) 4.40 avg rating — 31,216 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Days (Skulduggery Pleasant, #4) 4.41 avg rating — 25,625 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mortal Coil (Skulduggery Pleasant, #5) 4.45 avg rating — 23,509 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death Bringer (Skulduggery Pleasant, #6) 4.47 avg rating — 20,839 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kingdom of the Wicked (Skulduggery Pleasant, #7) 4.46 avg rating — 18,260 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Last Stand of Dead Men (Skulduggery Pleasant, #8) 4.57 avg rating — 15,610 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dying of the Light (Skulduggery Pleasant, #9) 4.59 avg rating — 13,172 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Maleficent Seven (Skulduggery Pleasant, #7.5) 4.31 avg rating — 8,018 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Derek Landy

Skulduggery Pleasant (19 books)
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4.35 avg rating — 320,424 ratings

Demon Road (3 books)
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4.03 avg rating — 12,300 ratings

Falcon & Winter Soldier (5 books)
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Derek Landy,

Dan Mora (Cover Art),

Federico Vicentini (Artist)

4.03 avg rating — 2,105 ratings

Captain America/Iron Man (5 books)
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Ángel Unzueta (Artist)

3.63 avg rating — 440 ratings

Doctor Strange of Asgard (2025-) (5 books)
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Carlos Magno (Artist),

Geoff Shaw (Cover Art)

3.86 avg rating — 396 ratings

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Quotes by Derek Landy (?)

“Doors are for people with no imagination.”
― Derek Landy, Skulduggery Pleasant

tags: creativity

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“Being a detective isn't all about torture and murder and monsters. Sometimes it gets truly unpleasant...The fate of the world may depend on whether or not you can bring yourself to visit your relatives.”
― Derek Landy

tags: family, humor

666 likes

“Are you going to shoot me?' Vengeous sneered. 'I wouldn't be surprised. What would a thing like you know about honor? Only a heathen would bring a gun to a sword fight.'

And only a moron would bring a sword to a gunfight.”
― Derek Landy, Playing with Fire

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Favourite fantasy/Science fiction writer?

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62 votes, 12.4%

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57 votes, 11.4%

J K Rowling (write-in)

31 votes, 6.2%

I'm supposed to be able to choose?! (write-in)

25 votes, 5.0%

C.S. Lewis (write-in)

22 votes, 4.4%

Derek Landy

20 votes, 4.0%

Christopher Paolini

17 votes, 3.4%

Philip Pullman

17 votes, 3.4%

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16 votes, 3.2%

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13 votes, 2.6%

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12 votes, 2.4%

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12 votes, 2.4%

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11 votes, 2.2%

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11 votes, 2.2%

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11 votes, 2.2%

Neil Gaiman

10 votes, 2.0%

Derek Landy (write-in)

10 votes, 2.0%

Patrick Rothfuss (write-in)

9 votes, 1.8%

Ray Bradbury (write-in)

9 votes, 1.8%

Orson Scott Card (write-in)

8 votes, 1.6%

Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman

7 votes, 1.4%

Tamora Pierce (write-in)

5 votes, 1.0%

Terry Goodkind

4 votes, 0.8%

Terry Pratchett (write-in)

4 votes, 0.8%

Robert A. Heilnlein (write-in)

4 votes, 0.8%

Jim Butcher (write-in)

4 votes, 0.8%

J.K.Rowling, Cassandra Clare and G.R.R.Martin (write-in)

4 votes, 0.8%

Sarah Douglass

3 votes, 0.6%

Terry Goodkind (write-in)

3 votes, 0.6%

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3 votes, 0.6%

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3 votes, 0.6%

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3 votes, 0.6%

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3 votes, 0.6%

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2 votes, 0.4%

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2 votes, 0.4%

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Philip K. Dick (write-in)

2 votes, 0.4%

Ursula K. LeGuin (write-in)

2 votes, 0.4%

Alexandra Bracken (write-in)

2 votes, 0.4%

L. Sprague DeCamp (write-in)

1 vote, 0.2%

Roger Zelazny (write-in)

1 vote, 0.2%

Melanie Rawn (write-in)

1 vote, 0.2%

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1 vote, 0.2%

Michael Crichton (write-in)

1 vote, 0.2%

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1 vote, 0.2%

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1 vote, 0.2%

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1 vote, 0.2%

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1 vote, 0.2%

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1 vote, 0.2%

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1 vote, 0.2%

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1 vote, 0.2%

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1 vote, 0.2%

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1 vote, 0.2%

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1 vote, 0.2%

David Eddings (write-in)

1 vote, 0.2%

Frank Herbert (write-in)

1 vote, 0.2%

Christopher Paolini

1 vote, 0.2%

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1 vote, 0.2%

501 total votes

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