Derek landy biography wikipedia

Irish author and screenwriter

Derek Landy (born 23 October 1974) is an Irish author and screenwriter, known for the Skulduggery Pleasant and Demon Road book series.

Since 2018, he has also written numerous comic book series at Marvel Comics.

Career

Landy has written two screenplays that have been made into films, the IFTA award-winning Dead Bodies and the IFTA-nominated Boy Eats Girl starring Samantha Mumba.

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Landy himself was nominated for an IFTA for Best Script.^{[citation needed]}

Frustrated with the collaborative process of filmmaking, Landy moved on to writing the Skulduggery Pleasant series, starting with the novel of the same name.^[1] The novel was published by HarperCollins, who paid £1.8 million for the publishing rights,^[2] growing to comprise a nine-book series, a six-book sequel series, a spin-off, and a prequel, with a third (three-book) series in development.

In 2007, he signed a deal with Warner Bros. wo