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Tyleratkins
Tyleratkins asked Darren Shan:

hi darren are you a real person?

Darren Shan Well, all reality is of course relative, but as far as I can ascertain... yes!! :-)
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Jen
Jen asked Darren Shan:

I teach in a rural school in Australia where it is hard to get children to read......but they requested the library bought your books for them and they read them. Keep getting kids reading it's a wonderful gift. How do you come up with ideas which will grab teens attention?

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A Goodreads user asked Darren Shan:

Hi from Costa Rica! I read the entire Cirque du Freak saga and I loved so much, my friends love it too and we still crying for Larten You are an amazing writer! My question is where do you get the idea for Cirque du Freak and for all this amazing characters? They are based un people you know por come from your imagination? And this is something I wanna know: How old was Darren when all started? Thank you

Ivett Gombos
Ivett Gombos asked Darren Shan:

Hey, Mr. Shan! Bush and Blair... Their names does not fit in TheThin Executener's world. Where did they come from?

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