“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.”

— Derek Landy , Skulduggery Pleasant

Source: Skulduggery Pleasant

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Irish children's writer 1974

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