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Hi and welcome to my webpage. Let's begin by saying Darren Shan is one of my favourite authors.

Darren Shan

Darren Shan's real name is actually Darren O' Shaughnessy. He was born in St.Thomas's Hospital in London on 2nd July 1972. He lived in South East London and started school at the early age of three (although no pre-school facility would have him as he was so wild). When he was six years old he moved to Limerick Ireland with his little brother and parents. Although he had always wanted to be a writer he only started writing in his spare time when he was a teenager. He bought his first typewriter at the age of fourteen and never looked back. In January 2000 his first children's book "Cirque Du Freak" was published. It was so popular and he enjoyed writing it so much that he continued to write 12 books in the vampire saga. He then began with a demon theme "The Demonata" and wrote 10 books in this series.
 * Who Is He? **

I enjoy lots of horror fantasy books but these books are beyond anything I have ever read. They are sad, heroic, funny, scary and chilling at the same time and all put together in twelve books. I love all the intriguing characters and the way their stories develop throughout the books. I think the plots are very well thought out and they create a new image of what I originally thought of as a vampire. Press on the link to find out more about each book:
 * Why I like The Books. **
 * The Books **
 * Vampire Books
 * 1) [|Cirque Du Freak]
 * 2) [|The Vampire's Assistant]
 * 3) [|Tunnels of Blood]
 * 4) [|Vampire Mountain]
 * 5) [|Trials of Death]
 * 6) [|The Vampire Prince]
 * 7) [|Hunters of the Dusk]
 * 8) [|Allies of the Night]
 * 9) [|Killers of the Dawn]
 * 10) [|The Lake of Souls]
 * 11) [|Lord of the Shadows]
 * 12) [|Sons of Destiny] || [|The Demonata]
 * 13) [|Lord Loss]
 * 14) [|Demon Thief]
 * 15) [|Slawter]
 * 16) [|Bec]
 * 17) [|Blood Beast]
 * 18) [|Demon Apocalypse]
 * 19) [|Death's Shadow]
 * 20) [|Wolf Island]
 * 21) [|Dark Calling]
 * 22) [|Hell's Heroes] ||

My favourite book by Darren Shan is "Cirque du Freak" in which our hero called Darren Shan lives a perfect life. That is until things begin to get strange and Darren's friend is hurt. How will he help his friend? How will he redeem himself from crime? Maybe he will have to become a vampire? This book and the subsequent two books have also been made into a film, "The Vampire's Assistant". I think the film is nearly as good as the books and you can see the trailer by pressing on the image below: media type="youtube" key="93FNs4lDgeI?fs=1" height="385" width="640"
 * My Favourite Darren Shan Book **

Here are some interesting websites if you would like to find out more: [|Offical Darren Shan site] [|Darren Shan on Wikipedia]
 * Links **

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