Eoin Colfer
From Artemis Fowl
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[edit] Biography
He was born on May 14th, 1965 in Wexford, Ireland. He still lives in Ireland, where he taught until 2001, when the success of the Artemis Fowl books allowed him to focus on his writing. Characters from Artemis Fowl were originally teaching tools.
He now lives in Ireland with his wife Jackie, their two sons Sean and Finn, and an "overactive imagination"[1]. "Eoin" is pronounced as the English name "Owen".
[edit] Books
The Artemis Fowl series currently spans six books:
- Artemis Fowl (2001)
- The Arctic Incident (2002)
- The Eternity Code (2003)
- The Opal Deception (2005)
- The Lost Colony (2006)
- The Time Paradox (2008)
In addition, there are the The Artemis Fowl Files, which contain (among other things) the short stories LEPRecon and The Seventh Dwarf, the latter of which was previously published seperately for World Book Day. Both were first published in 2004. There is also a Graphic Novel of the first book, published in 2007.
Colfer has said that there won't be another Artemis Fowl book for at least two years after the publication of The Time Paradox, which coincides with the release date of The Atlantis Complex.
He has written many other books including:
- Ben and Omar (1998)
- Ben and the Babe (1999)
- Going Potty (1999)
- The Wish List (2000)
- Ed's Funny Feet (2000)
- Ed's Bed (2001)
- The Supernaturalist (2004)
- The Legend of Spud Murphy (2004)
- The Legend of Captain Crow's Teeth (2006)
- Half Moon Investigations (2006)
- The Legend of the Worst Boy in the World (2007)
- Airman (2008)
He also puts on a show called Fairies, Fiends and Flatulence.
It was announced on the 16th of September 2008 that Colfer will write the sixth book in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy "trilogy". The book, titled "And Another Thing...", is set for publication on the 12th of October 2009.
[edit] References
- ↑ According to the author blurbs in several of his books.
[edit] External links
- Official Website
- Artemis Fowl Official Website (US)
- Artemis Fowl Official Website (UK)
- Eoin Colfer on Wikipedia
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