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Darren Shan
DARREN Shan was born on 2 July 1972 in London. After starting school at the age of three, he moved to Limerick with his parents and younger brother. He went back to London to study Sociology/English at college. Darren worked for a cable television company for 2 years before setting up a...
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Danny Wallace
Danny Wallace is a British filmmaker, comedian, writer, actor, and presenter of radio and television. His first novel for adult readers, Charlotte Street, was an international bestseller & followed in the wake of his non-fiction bestsellers which include Awkward Situations for Men, Yes Man...
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Danielle Jawando
Born in Manchester, Danielle Jawando's previous publications and broadcasting credits have included a short story Paradise 703, which was published by DeadInk in 2012 (longlisted for the Finishing Line Press Award in 2011). She has also had several short plays performed in Manchester and Londo...
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Daniel Handler
Daniel Handler was born in 1970 and grew up in San Francisco, where he now lives. He attended Lowell High School and then graduated from Wesleyan University in 1992. His parents met at the Opera. His mother, Sandra Handler Day, was an opera singer and Daniel also sang opera in the 80's...
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Dan Scott
Dan Scott was born in Surrey, England. Growing up, he loved swimming, climbing and playing guitar. A visit to Fishbourne Roman Palace in Sussex when he was 11 sparked a lifelong fascination with ancient Rome. This, combined with his hobby of reading historical fiction, gave him plenty of inspi...
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Dan Freedman
Dan Freedman is best known for his hugely popular series of Jamie Johnson football novels (Scholastic UK) which have been adapted for TV by the BBC. The third series of the Jamie Johnson TV drama finished its CBBC run in 2018, with a fourth series currently in production. The Jamie Johnson boo...
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Damian Dibben
Damian has worked extensively as a screenwriter on projects as diverse as Phantom Of The Opera and Puss In Boots. His original screenplay, Seventh Heaven will go into production next year. His varied passions include cosmology, ancient history, natural science and rollicking adventure stories....
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CS Lewis
CLIVE STAPLES LEWIS was born in Ireland, in the outskirts of Belfast, on 29 November 1898. He had one older brother, Warren, who was three years his senior. When C. S. Lewis (or 'Jack', as he was called), was 9 years old his mother died of cancer and soon after her death, in 1908, he was sent...
