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All reading should be pleasurable! I don't like people who keep reeling out the 'books are so important' line. First and foremost, reading is about entertainment, the same as movies, video games and music.

~Darren Shan

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I think sometimes parents and teachers can push children away from reading by telling them it's something they must do, the same way they must eat their greens and must pass their exams in school. Poppycock! Read or don't read - that's your call.

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I have music on when I write. I don't like the isolation otherwise and find the silence deadening.

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Topics: Find Isolation Like Music Otherwise Silence Write I Write

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I grew up on all sorts of horror - Hammer Horror and Vincent Price's 'Theatre Of Blood.' I loved the hidden, scary layers, but there wasn't that much around for youngsters in terms of horror books. I can remember reading Stephen King's 'Salem's Lot' and 'Cujo,' but I thought there should be more for teenaged horror fans.

~Darren Shan

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The message of 'Zomb-B' is that you have to listen to your own heart and head and question everything. Question stereotypes and the way the world seems or is being presented. Some of the people we should be most concerned about, dangerous right-wing bigots, sound convincing and reasonable.

~Darren Shan

Topics: About Being Bigots Concerned Convincing Dangerous Everything Head Heart Listen Message Most Own People Presented Question Reasonable Right-Wing Seems Should Some Sound Stereotypes Way World You Your

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I was lucky because my mum was a teacher and showed me how to read and write. But most importantly, she encouraged me to use my imagination.

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I always loved horror, but I read all sorts of books. My favourite as a child was 'The Secret Garden' which has a big influence on Lord Loss, believe it or not!

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I wanted to write about racism and xenophobia in 21st Century England and Ireland, but I wanted to do it in an exciting way so that I could reach more readers. Zombies seemed like a good way to do that.

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Reading has always been the great love of my life.

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Every generation likes to think that children don't read as much as they used to when they were young! You listen to some adults saying they were going around reading 'Ulysses' when they were seven or eight! I think children are voracious readers if you give them the right books and if you make those books accessible to them.

~Darren Shan

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Author

Born: July 2nd, 1972

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