Theoden Yavuzer-Judd
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Darren Shan:
I was wondering Mr. Shan, Why did you have Darren die in your 12th book of Cirque Du Freak? and also, I was waiting in the 10th book for Darren to meet his parents later on. Why didn't you rejoin them? I really love your books, these are just some questions that have lingered in my head...
Darren Shan
This answer contains spoilers…
(view spoiler)[It said in book 1 that it was a true story, and I wanted there to be an inner logic at work which could justify that statement. Since I'm not a vampire, and write lots of other books, I had to come up with a way that allowed both the Darren Shan in the books and the Darren Shan in the real world to be one and same person, and there was only one way I could see to do that.
As for Darren's parents, I felt it would just complicate matters and slow things down if I reintroduced them. They lost their son, they grieved, they moved on. I was happy to leave their part in the story at that. (hide spoiler)]
As for Darren's parents, I felt it would just complicate matters and slow things down if I reintroduced them. They lost their son, they grieved, they moved on. I was happy to leave their part in the story at that. (hide spoiler)]
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Mahtab
asked
Darren Shan:
Hi Darren , wouldn't you ever like to visit Iran ? Of course not just for business , you could come for vacation ! I know you can't publish your books legally in Iran ( I read your answer to the other question from an Iranian fan ) , so I know it doesn't make sense to tour here . But I was thinking maybe you could come here for a vacation , and that way , us Iranian fans would have a slight chance of meeting you.
Andrew
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Darren Shan:
I thought about this the other day. I wanted to ask you, being an author who had seen your work come to the big screen, what were your thoughts on that? Would you go back to Hollywood and let them re-try? Would you try Netflix to get Cirque DuFreak recognized again? Would you want this to happen with any of your other books, being adapted to screen?
Ishan Pathak
asked
Darren Shan:
Why are your books under the Darren Dash alias have to be imported from UK to India? They become so expensive that i cannot buy any of them and those are the only books of yours which i have not read. *sniff sniff* smells like a biiiiggg fan.! Ishan Pathak from India ( We love you here! )
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