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| Derek Landy | |
|---|---|
 Landy in Edinburgh, August 2011 | |
| Born | Derek Landy |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Genre | Children's fantasy |
| Notable works | Skulduggery Pleasant |
| Notable awards | Red House Children's Book Award 2008 Skullduggery Pleasant |
Derek Landy (born 23 October 1974) is an Irish author and screenwriter, best known for the Skulduggery Pleasant series of children's books.
Career
Landy has written two screenplays that have been made into films, the IFTA award winning Dead Bodies and the IFTA nominated Boy Eats Girl starring Samantha Mumba. Landy himself was nominated for an IFTA for Best Script.
Frustrated with the collaborative process of filmmaking, Landy moved on to writing the Skulduggery Pleasant, starting with Skulduggery Pleasant. The novel was published by Harper Collins, who paid £1.8 million for the publishing rights. There are 9 books in the series. In 2007, he signed a deal with Warner Bros. worth an estimated US$1 million for the rights to adapt his Skulduggery Pleasant series, which he will adapt himself. However, his script was constantly rewritten and Landy, unhappy with the results, bought back the rights. He is currently working on a script with the producers of Clash of the Titans.
Landy is a fan of Joss Whedon's works, notably Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series. He is also a fan of Gilmore Girls and Doctor Who.
Novels
- Skulduggery Pleasant (2007); US title Sceptre of the Ancients for distinction from the series name you are jeff
- Playing With Fire (2008)
- The Faceless Ones (April 2009)
- Dark Days (April 2010)
- Mortal Coil (September 2010)
- Death Bringer (September 2011)
- The End of the World (March 2012), novelette released by HarperCollins for UK World Book Day
- Kingdom of the Wicked (August 2012)
- Tanith Low Novella: Tanith Low and the Maleficent Seven (2013), novella
- Skulduggery Pleasant: The Last Stand of Dead Men (29 August 2013)
- Skulduggery Pleasant: Armageddon Outta Here (August 2014)
- Skulduggery Pleasant: The Dying of the Light (28 August 2014)
- Demon Road (27 August 2015)
Future
Landy wrote a short story based on the tenth Doctor from Doctor Who as part of a short story collection celebrating the show's 50th Anniversary. The story was published by Puffin in 2013, titled "The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage".
Landy is also planning a second series due September 2015. During the Theatre of Shadows he was one quarter of the way into writing it. Derek said that the book will have some of the same elements as the Skulduggery Pleasant series but will also have horror. There will be fast-talking characters and it will be for a little older age group.
In an interview with elev8 he said it will be a trilogy about a 16-year-old girl who is being chased across America by a pack of Demons.
Personal life
Landy was born in 1974 in Dublin, Ireland. He attended Drogheda Grammar School during his childhood years, briefly studied animation at Ballyfermot College, and has a black belt in kenpo karate. Prior to his contract with HarperCollins, he worked on his parents' vegetable farm.
Reception
In a review of his first book, Sarah Webb of the Irish Independent wrote that it "is taut, full of zippy dialogue and fantastically visual".
Awards
In 2008, Landy won the Red House Children's Book Award. Playing with Fire, Mortal Coil and Last Stand of Dead Men each won the senior Irish Children's Book Award, in 2009, 2010 and 2013. In addition in 2010 Skulduggery Pleasant was voted as Irish book of the decade.
See also
Portals:
References
- ^ Dwyer, Clara (11 December 2011). "Plotting a great escape". Irish Independent. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
- ^ Webb, Sarah (24 February 2007). "Skulduggery that's worth a cool £1.8m!". Irish Independent. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
- ^ "Warner Bros. scoops high-profile kids' book series". Reuters. 24 May 2007. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
- Rowbotham, Jill (6 March 2010). "Pointing the Bone". The Australian. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
- "Skulduggery Pleasant: Death Bringer". RTÉ.ie. 13 October 2011. Archived from the original on 24 October 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
- Spain, John (24 February 2007). "Gardener in ?1.5m book deal hailed as new JK Rowling". Irish Independent. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
- Pauli, Michelle (31 May 2008). "Hay festival: Derek Landy wins Red House prize". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
- "List of winners". Retrieved 16 May 2015.
- "Hompage of Sponsor". Retrieved 16 May 2015.
External links
- Skulduggery Pleasant (official)
- Derek Landy at IMDb
- Derek Landy at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Derek Landy at Library of Congress, with 4 library catalog records