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Irish Book of the Decade Author Speaks About Stammering

Author Derek Landy, whose book ‘Skulduggery Pleasant’ has been voted Irish Book of the Decade, talks about writing and how stammering impacted on his life.

"You think of something funny to say and you’re not even going to bother trying. It’s because of the stammer that I really started to appreciate dialogue as a thing ...in itself. Since I couldn’t do it in real life this was my alternative."

Read the article in the Irish Times