Eoin Colfer

Eoin Colfer (pronounced "Owen", IPA: /ˈoʊɨn/)(born May 14, 1965) is an Irish author. He is most famous for having written the Artemis Fowl series.

Life

Eoin Colfer was born May 14, 1965 in Wexford, Ireland. Colfer had long dreamed of writing books, since his early childhood days of reading stories of Viking heroes. While Colfer had already published such books as Benny and Omar, 1998, Benny and Babe, 1999, and The Wish List, 2000, his dream really came true in 2001, when his first Artemis Fowl book was published. The books became classics overnight, and he became the New York Times best-selling author of books for children and teens, known for writing the Artemis Fowl Series, Half Moon Investigations, and The Supernaturalist, along with the Eoin Colfer’s The Legend of... books. Colfer deplores the comparison of his popular, pseudo sci-fi fairy tale to the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling. Artemis Fowl was written as a “modern fairy tale”, paying homage to Raymond Chandler and James Bond. Colfer currently lives in Ireland with his wife and two children.His son's name is Finn.

Works

• Benny and Omar (1998)
• Benny and Babe (1999)
• Going Potty (1999)
• The Wish List (2000)
• Ed's Funny Feet (2000)
• Ed's Bed (2001)
• Artemis Fowl (2001)
• Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident (2002)
• Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code (2003)
• Artemis Fowl: The Seventh Dwarf (short story; 2004)
• The Artemis Fowl Files (companion book; 2004)
• Eoin Colfer's Legend of Spud Murphy (2004)
• The Supernaturalist (2004)
• Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception (2005)
• Eoin Colfer's Legend of Captain Crow's Teeth (2006)
• Half Moon Investigations (2006)
• Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony (2006)
• Eoin Colfer's Legend of the Worst Boy in the World (2007)
• Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel (2007)
• Airman (2008)
• Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox (2008)

External links

• Eoin Colfer's Official Website
• Artemis Fowl Series Official US Website
• Artemis Fowl Series Official UK Website
• Half Moon Investigations Official UK Website

Interviews

• Eoin Colfer AFC Fansite Interview - September 28th 2007
• Eoin Colfer AFC Fansite Interview - June 2nd 2007
• Interview by BBC Blast
• Eoin Colfer AFC Fansite Interview - Jan 10th 2007
• Eoin Colfer AFC Fansite Interview - May 22nd 2006
• Eoin Colfer's FAQ interview
• Interview with Eoin Colfer on wotmania.com
• Interview with Eoin Colfer by C.M. McDonald
• Interview with Eoin Colfer by Judith Ridge
• Interview with Eoin Colfer by John Malam, Manchester Evening News, 3 July 2003 (click on the Colfer link on the sidebar)

References

• List of works by Eoin Colfer and their release dates