Let's make this birthday one to remember.

51 years old (Born on October 23, 1973)

Happy Birthday, Derek Landy! May your day be filled with more magic than Skulduggery Pleasant has witty comebacks. You've given us countless sleepless nights turning pages through The Faceless Ones, Playing with Fire, and Dark Days—proving that skeleton detectives are indeed timelessly cool.

Congratulations on your well-deserved awards—the Red House Children's Book Award and not one but two Irish Children's Book Awards! Clearly, you're doing something right (or delightfully wrong). Here's hoping this year brings you even more success, laughter, and perhaps fewer run-ins with faceless villains. Keep writing; the world needs your humor as much as Valkyrie needs sarcasm!