Continuity errors did not occur, aside from Valkyrie’s age which honestly I don’t really blame you for not noticing.īut then phase 2 happened, and there’s 5-10 errors a book, and I’m kind of considering a wellness check. 30 pages of the print book did not skip in the page numbers. typos were infrequent and usually very minor. Derek Landy’s editor, aka Nick Lake: are you okay? are you being held against your will? for seven years, you edited skulduggery pleasant books very well.

There’s a reveal in here that my friends and I guessed years ago, back around Bedlam, that was so rushed and sloppily unveiled I didn’t even get any joy/satisfaction out of it, and a scene following that would have me bawling my eyes out had it been more drawn out and well paced had me going “oh. I wish it got delayed longer because another 2-3 months could have made a world of difference. But Derek ran out of time - something very well documented on Twitter - which delayed the book as a result. Honestly, I really did enjoy the first half and felt like it was shaping up to be one of the better phase 2 books. I absolutely *could* round up to three, but. Sat and thought about this one for two weeks instead of doing my usual immediate heavy sarcasm fest. Occasionally he talks to real people, but only when he absolutely has to. He is also far too modest to mention things like the first book being a Publisher’s Weekly Best Book of the Year, but would like to extend an invitation to Oprah to pop around one day for tea, in thanks for selecting his book for the Oprah’s Book Club Kids Reading List.ĭerek plays too many video games, reads too many comics, and watches too many movies. He doesn’t like to brag about all the awards he’s won, such as the Irish Book of the Decade, or the Red House in the UK, or all the other awards that he humbly displays on his mantelpiece. Landy himself was nominated for an IFTA for Best Script. In addition to the bestselling children's/YA series of Skulduggery Pleasant books, a supernatural mystery series starring Skulduggery Pleasant, a skeleton detective, and Valkyrie Cain, a young female magician, he has written two screenplays that have been made into films: the IFTA award winning 'Dead Bodies' and the IFTA nominated 'Boy Eats Girl'.

Derek Landy is an Irish writer and screenwriter.

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