VJ Books Presents Author Darren Shan!
 Darren Shan's real name is Darren O'Shaughnessy. Although he is Irish, he was born on July 2, 1972, in St. Thomas' Hospital, London. At the age of six, he moved to Limerick in Ireland, with his parents and younger brother, and has lived there ever since.
Darren was 17 when he finished his first novel. Although it was never published, he relished the writing experience, and found himself focusing more on novels in the coming years, leaving behind the short-story format. For the next several years, sandwiched between university and work, he wrote an average of one book a year, experimenting with different ideas, genres, lengths and styles. When he started writing full-time, his output shot up to 5 to 6 books per year! But that has dropped back to 2 to 3 recently, due to all the travelling around he's been doing to promote sales of his books.
All of these early books were adult-oriented. Although Darren quite liked the idea of writing a children's book one day, he considered himself an adult writer first and foremost. In fact his initial breakthrough was with an adult book, in February 1999, called "Ayuamarca" (later republished as "Procession of the Dead"), the first of a trilogy of books known as "The City".
A big film buff, with a collection of more than four thousand movies at home, Darren also reads lots of comics and books, and likes to study and collect original artwork, especially comic art, impressionist and post-impressionist art, modern art, and sculptures. Other interests include long walks, watching football (he's a Tottenham Hotspur and Ireland fan), listening to pop and rock music, theatre, worldwide travel, sampling the delights of both gourmet cuisine and finger-licking junk food.
Darren spends most of his time in Limerick, Ireland.
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Darren Shan Bibliography
Cirque Du Freak Series
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Cirque Du Freak - 2002
- The Vampire's Assistant - 2002
- Tunnels of Blood - 2002
Zom-B Series
- Zom-B - 2012
- Zom-B Underground - 2013
- Zom-B City - 2013
- Zom-B Angels - 2013
- Zom-B Baby - 2013
- Zom-B Gladiator - 2014
- Zom-B Mission - 2014
- Zom-B Clans - 2014
- Zom-B Family - 2014
- Zom-B Bride - 2015
- Zom-B Fugitive - 2015
- Zom-B Goddess - Coming March 2016
Zom-B Companions
- Zom-B Circus - 2014 (eNovella)
The Vampire Rites Trilogy
- Vampire Mountain - 2004
- Trials of Death - 2004
- The Vampire Prince - 2005
The Vampire War Trilogy
- Hunters of the Dusk - 2005
- Allies of the Night - 2004
- Killers of the Dawn - 2006
The Vampire Destiny Trilogy
- The Lake of Souls - 2006
- Lords of the Shadows - 2006
- Sons of Destiny - 2007
Demonata Series
- Lord Loss - 2005
- Demon Thief - 2006
- Slawter - 2006
- BEC - 2006
- Blood Beast - 2007
- Demon Apocalypse - 2007
- Death's Shadow - 2008
- Wolf Island - 2008
- Dark Callling - 2009
- Hell's Heroes - 2009
The City Trilogy
- Ayuamarca (renamed Procession of the Dead) - 1999
- Hell's Horizon - 2000
- City of Snakes - 2010
The Saga of Larten Crepsley
- Birth of a Killer - 2010
- Ocean of Blood - 2011
- Palace of the Damned - 2011
- Brothers to the Death - 2012
Other Novels
- Koyasan - 2006
- The Thin Executioner - 2010
- Lady of the Shades - 2012
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