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Eoin Colfer (born: 14 May 1965) is an Irish
Republic of Ireland

Ireland is an Island country in north-western Europe. The modern Sovereignty state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned by the British on 3 May 1921....
 author
Author

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 and comedian
Comedian

A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain members of an audience, primarily by making them laughter. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy....
. He is most famous as the creator of the Artemis Fowl series
Artemis Fowl (series)

Artemis Fowl is a series of fantasy novels written by Irish author Eoin Colfer, starring the teenage criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl II. The series is written in half-serious language, alternating dark moments with humorous ones, a style favoured by a number of popular children's authors....
, but he has also achieved success with other books. His novels have been compared to those of J. K. Rowling
J. K. Rowling

Joanne "Jo" Rowling Order of the British Empire , who writes under the pen name J. K. Rowling, is a United Kingdom author, best known as the creator of the Harry Potter fantasy series, the idea for which was conceived whilst on a train trip from Manchester to London in 1990....
, and like Harry Potter
Harry Potter

Harry Potter is a Heptalogy fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the eponymous adolescent wizard Harry Potter , together with Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, his friends from the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry....
, Artemis Fowl is used as a reference to describe the work of other writers e.g. Jack Heath
Jack Heath (writer)

Jack Heath, , is an Australian writer of young adult fiction. He has resided in Canberra since age 9. Heath is best known for writing the Six of Hearts series, for being one of Australia's youngest bestselling authors, and for the high action content in his novels ...
 and Mark Walden. In September, 2008, Colfer was commissioned to write the sixth installment of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, entitled And Another Thing...
And Another Thing... (novel)

And Another Thing… is the title of the upcoming sixth installment of Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy misnamed "trilogy"....
.






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Eoin Colfer (born: 14 May 1965) is an Irish
Republic of Ireland

Ireland is an Island country in north-western Europe. The modern Sovereignty state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned by the British on 3 May 1921....
 author
Author

An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created....
 and comedian
Comedian

A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain members of an audience, primarily by making them laughter. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy....
. He is most famous as the creator of the Artemis Fowl series
Artemis Fowl (series)

Artemis Fowl is a series of fantasy novels written by Irish author Eoin Colfer, starring the teenage criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl II. The series is written in half-serious language, alternating dark moments with humorous ones, a style favoured by a number of popular children's authors....
, but he has also achieved success with other books. His novels have been compared to those of J. K. Rowling
J. K. Rowling

Joanne "Jo" Rowling Order of the British Empire , who writes under the pen name J. K. Rowling, is a United Kingdom author, best known as the creator of the Harry Potter fantasy series, the idea for which was conceived whilst on a train trip from Manchester to London in 1990....
, and like Harry Potter
Harry Potter

Harry Potter is a Heptalogy fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the eponymous adolescent wizard Harry Potter , together with Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, his friends from the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry....
, Artemis Fowl is used as a reference to describe the work of other writers e.g. Jack Heath
Jack Heath (writer)

Jack Heath, , is an Australian writer of young adult fiction. He has resided in Canberra since age 9. Heath is best known for writing the Six of Hearts series, for being one of Australia's youngest bestselling authors, and for the high action content in his novels ...
 and Mark Walden. In September, 2008, Colfer was commissioned to write the sixth installment of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, entitled And Another Thing...
And Another Thing... (novel)

And Another Thing… is the title of the upcoming sixth installment of Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy misnamed "trilogy"....
.

Biography

Eoin Colfer (pronounced "Owen" Colfer) was born in Wexford
Wexford

Wexford is the county town of County Wexford in Republic of Ireland. It is situated near the south-eastern tip of Ireland, close to Rosslare Europort....
, Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
. He attained worldwide notice in 2002, when his first Artemis Fowl
Artemis Fowl (series)

Artemis Fowl is a series of fantasy novels written by Irish author Eoin Colfer, starring the teenage criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl II. The series is written in half-serious language, alternating dark moments with humorous ones, a style favoured by a number of popular children's authors....
 book was published. He then became a New York Times
The New York Times

The New York Times is an American daily newspaper published in New York City. The largest metropolitan newspaper in the United States, "The Gray Lady"?named for its staid appearance and style?is regarded as a national newspaper of record....
 best-selling author of books for children and teens, known for writing the Artemis Fowl series
Artemis Fowl (series)

Artemis Fowl is a series of fantasy novels written by Irish author Eoin Colfer, starring the teenage criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl II. The series is written in half-serious language, alternating dark moments with humorous ones, a style favoured by a number of popular children's authors....
, Half Moon Investigations
Half Moon Investigations

Half Moon Investigations is a novel by the Irish author Eoin Colfer. It was first published in United States in March 2006 in literature and was released in the UK and Ireland on 1 June 2006, and the paperback edition was released in the UK 5 July 2007....
, and The Supernaturalist
The Supernaturalist

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, along with the Eoin Colfer’s The Legend of... books. In January 2008, Colfer published a book titled Airman
Airman (novel)

Airman, by Eoin Colfer, is a best-selling historical novel adventure novel novel set in the 19th century. It was released in the UK, Ireland and USA in January 2008....
, which was a New York Times bestseller. To date the majority of his works have reached the New York Times Bestseller list at least once. Colfer currently resides in Wexford, Ireland with his wife, Jackie, and two children, Séan and Finn.

TV adaptions


Half Moon Investigations is a children's crime/comedy drama television series created by the BBC and based upon the novel of the same name by the author Eoin Colfer. It concerns a schoolboy, Fletcher Moon, who spends much of his spare time solving petty crimes around his school, St. Jeromes. The series began airing in January 2009 and will consist of 13 thirty minute long episodes. The series was filmed in and around a disused secondary school, located in Bellshill
Bellshill

Bellshill is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, two miles north of Motherwell, Scotland. Since 1996, it has been situated in the Greater Glasgow metropolitan area....
, North Lanarkshire.

Works


Ed Books

  • Ed's Funny Feet (2000)
  • Ed's Bed (2001)

Artemis Fowl Books

  • Artemis Fowl (2001)
  • Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident
    Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident

    Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident is a Young-adult fiction Fantasy literature written by Irish people author Eoin Colfer. It is the second book in the Artemis Fowl ....
     (2002)
  • Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code
    Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code

    Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code is the third book in Ireland children's fiction author Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl series. It is preceded by Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident and followed by Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception....
     (2003)
  • Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception
    Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception

    Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception, published in 2005, is a teen fantasy novel and the 4th book in the Artemis Fowl by the Irish author Eoin Colfer....
     (2005)
  • Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony
    Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony

    Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony is the fifth book in the New York Times bestselling Artemis Fowl . The book, originally expected to be published in the United Kingdom and Ireland on September 7 2006, was shipped to stores early....
     (2006)
  • Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox
    Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox

    Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox is the sixth book in the teen series Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer. It was released in the U.S. on 5th July, 2008, and was released on 7th August in the U.K....
     (2008)


Companion Books
  • Artemis Fowl: The Seventh Dwarf
    Artemis Fowl: The Seventh Dwarf

    Artemis Fowl: The Seventh Dwarf is a short story in the Artemis Fowl series. It was published for World Book Day 2004 and cost ?1 in Britain, ?1 in Europe or exchangeable for one World Book Day token....
     (short story; 2004)
  • The Artemis Fowl Files
    The Artemis Fowl Files

    The Artemis Fowl Files is a companion book to the Artemis Fowl series written by Eoin Colfer.It contains two short stories, one about Captain Holly Short joining LEPrecon, and the second about Mulch Diggums and Artemis Fowl II working together to steal a tiara....
     (companion book; 2004)
  • Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel
    Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel

    Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel is a graphic novel based on Artemis Fowl of the Artemis Fowl . It was written by Eoin Colfer, the author of the original books, and adapted by Andrew Donkin....
     (2007)


Legend of... Books

  • Eoin Colfer's Legend of Spud Murphy (2004)
  • Eoin Colfer's Legend of Captain Crow's Teeth (2006)
  • Eoin Colfer's Legend of the Worst Boy in the World (2007)


Other Books

  • Benny and Omar (1998)
  • Benny and Babe (1999)
  • Going Potty (1999)
  • The Wish List
    The Wish List

    The Wish List is a fantasy novel by Eoin Colfer. It chronicles the adventures of Meg Finn, a spirit who has struck a perfect balance between good and evil and, as such, is barred from entering either heaven or hell....
     (2000)
  • The Supernaturalist
    The Supernaturalist

    infobox Book | See...
     (2004)
  • Half Moon Investigations
    Half Moon Investigations

    Half Moon Investigations is a novel by the Irish author Eoin Colfer. It was first published in United States in March 2006 in literature and was released in the UK and Ireland on 1 June 2006, and the paperback edition was released in the UK 5 July 2007....
     (2006)
  • Airman
    Airman (novel)

    Airman, by Eoin Colfer, is a best-selling historical novel adventure novel novel set in the 19th century. It was released in the UK, Ireland and USA in January 2008....
     (2008)
  • And Another Thing...
    And Another Thing... (novel)

    And Another Thing… is the title of the upcoming sixth installment of Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy misnamed "trilogy"....
     (2009)


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