Derek Landy

Derek Landy is one of the well recognized Irish author, who is known for writing young adult, horror, thriller, mystery, and children’s fantasy books. He is particularly famous for writing his bestselling young adult book series called Skulduggery Pleasant. Apart from being a popular author, he is also a well known screenwriter. Initially, he began his career as a screenwriter and wrote a couple of screenplays, both of which have been adapted into movies titled Boy Eats Girl and Dead Bodies. The latter has won the IFTA Award whereas the former has also been nominated for the same award and has actor Samantha Mumba in the lead role. Author Landy himself received a nomination in the category of the Best Script for IFTA Award. After writing 2 scripts, he got frustrated with the filmmaking’s collaborative process and decided to move on to write the Skulduggery series. Its first novel, Skulduggery Pleasant was published by the publishers at Harper Collins. The publishing company paid a sum total of 1.8 million pounds for obtaining the publishing rights of the book. In the year 2007, author Landy signed a 1 million USD deal with the Warner Bros to give the right to adapt the series. The production had chosen the author himself to do the adaptation. However, during the making of the film, the original script was constantly modified and rewritten. This made him unhappy and resulted in him buying the rights back. As of now, author Landy is working with the Clash of Titans’ producers to develop a script. He is fond of the works of Joss Whedon, particularly the Buffy – the Vampire Slayer.