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Elizabeth Lugo
Elizabeth Lugo asked Darren Shan:

Do you have any favorite authors?

Darren Shan Lots. James Ellroy, Kurt Vonnegut, Tolkien, Jonathan Carroll, Robert Westall, Roald Dahl... but my #1 pick would be the true Master of Horror... Stephen King!
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This question contains spoilers… (view spoiler)[ hi mr.darren do you want to write short storys aboat the demonata? (hide spoiler)]

Ishan Pathak
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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Lpaatsch asked Darren Shan:

Many of my reluctant reader students are interested in scary stories, but I need the scary hook to be in the first couple of chapters. I enjoyed the Thin Executioner, but the creepy bits were a long way into the story. Which of your books would you recommend to get my students hooked fast?

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