Debbie Hemlock

Debbie Hemlock is a girl that Darren Shan meets when he is traveling in Larten Crepsley's hometown, in Tunnels of Blood. They meet downtown, later that evening she invites him to spend Christmas with her family. Darren said that he would but ends up luring Murlough into a trap involving Debbie and her family and Larten kills Murlough.

She later appears as a school teacher in "Allies of the Night", 13 years later, making her about 25 or 26. She finds out about vampires and how Darren and his "father," Mr. Crepsley are a pair of them.

Later on in the series, Debbie joins the vampires, but stays human, using guns and other weapons vampires and others that have been blooded can't. She and an ex-police officer start the vampires version of Vampets, the Vampirites.

Debbie's character will not appear in the upcoming movie Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant. Her character will be replaced with the character of Rebecca.

Debbie is described as being a pretty, short, joyful girl with dark hair and skin.