Derek Landy

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Derek Landy (born 1973 born in Lusk, County Dublin) is an Irish author and screenwriter. He 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. Landy later moved onto writing Skulduggery Pleasant, published by Harper Collins which according to The Sunday Times spent €1 million euro for the publishing rights. He also wrote the second of the series Skulduggery Pleasant 2: Playing With Fire. He is also a black belt in kenpo karate.

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