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Mum said earlier what a lovely dress you're wearing. Beryl's eyebrows wriggled like two tiny tapeworms. This? she said. But I've had this for years. It was a beige dress that would have looked better on an eighty year-old. Any eighty-year-old, man or woman. I think you've really grown into it, Valkyrie said. I always thought it was a little shapeless. Valkyrie resisted the urge to say that was what she meant.

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Doesn't sunlight kill them? Doesn't it turn them to dust, or make them burst into flames or something?" "Nope. Vampires tan, just like you and me. Well, just like you. I tend to bleach.

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I need a weapon, Valkyrie muttered. You're an Elemental with a Necromancer ring, trained in a variety of martial arts by some of the best fighters in the world, Skulduggery pointed out. I'm fairly certain that makes you a weapon. I mean a weapon you hold. You have a gun, Tanith has a sword... I want a stick. I'll buy you a stick for Christmas.

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Her father sagged as relief spread through him. I thought something awful was happening. She frowned. Something awful was happening. It could have got stuck in my hair.

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Derek Landy

Derek Landy
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Born: October 23, 1974 (age 50)
Bio: Derek Landy is an Irish author and screenwriter, best known for the Skulduggery Pleasant series of young adult's books.
Known for:
  1. Skulduggery Pleasant (2007)
  2. Demon Road (The Demon Road Trilogy, Book 1) (2015)
  3. Skulduggery Pleasant: The Faceless Ones (2009)
  4. Skulduggery Pleasant: Dark Days (2010)
  5. Skulduggery Pleasant: Playing with Fire (2008)
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