Eoin Colfer
Author of Artemis Fowl
About the Author
Eoin Colfer was born in Wexford, Ireland on May 14, 1965. After taking a three-year degree course in Dublin, he qualified as a primary teacher in 1986. Returning to Wexford he began teaching in a local primary school by day and wrote at night. In 1991, he left Ireland and spent the next four years show more working in Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Italy. Resettling in Wexford after his arrival back in Ireland, he recommenced his teaching career, continuing his habit of writing after school. His first book, Benny and Omar, was published in October 1998. His other works include Benny and Babe, the O'Brien Flyers series, and the Artemis Fowl series. He became a full-time author following the success of Artemis Fowl. The Wish List won a Bisto Merit Award in 2001. In 2015 he won an Irish Book Award in the children's category with his title Imaginary Fred. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Photographed at BookPeople in Austin, Texas by Frank Arnold
Series
Works by Eoin Colfer
Artemis Fowl: Books 1-7 & The Files 265 copies
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 6: Hexagonal Phase: BBC Radio 4 Full Cast Dramatisation (2018) — Author — 34 copies
A Fowl Tale 4 copies
The Legend of the Worst Boy in the World / The Legend of Captain Crow's Teeth / The Legend of Spud Murphy (2017) 1 copy
The Mysterious Island 1 copy
Ve Baska Bir Sey Daha 1 copy
Artemis Fowl: Books 5-6 1 copy
LEPrecon [short story] 1 copy
Wooklet - Artemis Fowl 1 1 copy
Ārtmīs fāvl va Grugān Gīrī 1 copy
Artemis Fowl: Books 4-5 1 copy
Don't Panic 1 copy
Hinterher ist man immer tot 1 copy
Associated Works
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Colfer, Eoin
- Birthdate
- 1965-05-14
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Ireland
- Birthplace
- Wexford, County Wexford, Ireland
- Places of residence
- Wexford, County Wexford, Ireland
- Education
- Trinity College, Dublin (BA)
- Occupations
- teacher (Elementary or Primary school)
author - Relationships
- Colfer, Billy (father)
- Awards and honors
- Bisto Merit Award (2001)
Irish Book Award (2015) - Short biography
- Eoin Colfer (born 14 May 1965) is an Irish author of children's books. He worked as a primary school teacher before he became a full-time writer. He is best known for being the author of the Artemis Fowl series. In September 2008, Colfer was commissioned to write the sixth instalment of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, entitled And Another Thing ..., which was published in October 2009. In October 2016, in a contract with Marvel Comics, he released Iron Man: The Gauntlet. He served as Laureate na nÓg (Ireland's Children's Laureate) between 2014 and 2016.
Eoin Colfer was born in Wexford, Ireland. He attained worldwide recognition in 2001, when the first Artemis Fowl book was published and became a New York Times Best Seller, as did some sequels. Among his other popular works are Half Moon Investigations, The Wish List, The Supernaturalist, and a series of Eoin Colfer's Legends. In January 2008, Colfer published a book titled Airman, another best-seller. To date, more than half of his books have reached the New York Times list at least once.
Members
Discussions
FF36: Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer in FF-Leesclub Forum (March 2011)
Artemis Fowl : suitable for young children? in Children's Fiction (April 2008)
Reviews
Lists
Best Young Adult (2)
BBC Big Read (1)
Ryan's Books (1)
Thieves (1)
Titoli bestiali (1)
BBC Top Books (1)
Elevenses (1)
Awards
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Statistics
- Works
- 103
- Also by
- 13
- Members
- 97,557
- Popularity
- #93
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 1,737
- ISBNs
- 1,725
- Languages
- 40
- Favorited
- 214
awards:
Odyssey Award
Winner of British Book Awards: WH Smith Children's Book of the Year Award 2002 and WHSmith Book Awards (Children's Book of the Year) 2002. Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003. Shortlisted for Whitbread Book Awards: Children's Book Category 2001 and Blue Peter Book Award (Book I Couldn't Put Down Prize) 2002 and Blue Peter Children's Book Awards: The Book I Couldn't Put Down 2002 and Whitbread Children's Book of the Year 2001 and BBC Big Read Top 100 2003.… (more)