The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep And Never Had To is a 2010 novel by DC Pierson (Duncan in Derrick Comedy's Mystery Team), told from the perspective of nerdy high school student Darren, who privately writes a Troperiffic sci-fi epic in his spare time, and his even nerdier friend, Eric, who joins in. One day, Eric discloses to Darren that he is physically incapable of sleeping, and that he never experiences fatigue.