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This article relates to Skulduggery Pleasant
Derek Landy lives near Dublin,
Ireland; the setting for
Skulduggery Pleasant, which
is
his first book. After working on
a farm and deciding that life
was not for him, he started
writing for horror movies, two
of which were produced by the
Irish Film Board: Dead Bodies
(2003), and Boy Eats Girl
(2005).
Coming Soon: The second in the Skulduggery Pleasant series,
Playing With Fire (May
2008).
This "beyond the book article" relates to Skulduggery Pleasant. It originally ran in April 2007 and has been updated for the
March 2008 paperback edition.
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