Saturday with Derek Landy: 'I need silence — that’s when my imagination activates'

The 17th book in Derek Landy’s Skulduggery Pleasant series A Heart Full of Hatred has just been released

Derek Landy: To be animal lovers and to have the opportunity to have pets is an absolute pleasure – they offer so much joy every day.

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I get up and feed our seven cats and the dog. For us, it’s normal but anyone who walks into the house might think: ‘That’s a lot of cats!’. Our Golden Retriever has no idea what size she is and will try to jump up on the arm of the chair like a cat. To be animal lovers and to have the opportunity to have pets is an absolute pleasure – they offer so much joy every day.