Darren Shan says teenagers are reading as much as ever
BEFORE the explosion in young adult fiction and the juggernauts of Twilight and the Hunger Games, there was Darren Shan, the so-called ‘master of horror’ who has sold more than 25 million books around the world.
The Irish author’s literary career took flight with the publication of Cirque du Freak in 2000, the first in the hugely successful vampire series The Saga of Darren Shan. Now the Limerick-based Shan, real name Darren O’Shaughnessy, is publishing Zom-B Goddess, the 12th, and last, volume in his ‘Zom-B’ series for teenagers. As well as entertaining readers, Shan also hopes the books can help teens explore the sometimes scary society they live in.
