Eoin Colfer (pronounced /oʊən/; born 14 May 1965) is an Irish author and comedian. He is most famous as the creator of the Artemis Fowl series, but he has also achieved success with other books. His novels have been compared[1] to those of J. K. Rowling, and like Harry Potter, Artemis Fowl is used as a reference to describe the work of other writers e.g. Jack Heath[2] and Mark Walden.[3] In September, 2008, Colfer was commissioned to write the sixth installment of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, entitled And Another Thing.... [4]
Biography
Eoin Colfer was born in Wexford, Ireland. He attained worldwide notice in 2002, when his first Artemis Fowl book was published. He then became a 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. In January 2008, Colfer published a book titled Airman, 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.[5] 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, North Lanarkshire.[6]
Works
Stories about Benny Shaw
Stories about Ed
- Ed's Funny Feet (2000)
- Ed's Bed (2001)
The Artemis Fowl series
Artemis Fowl companion books and short stories
Graphic Novels
The Supernaturalist
The Legend of... series
- The Legend of Spud Murphy (2004)
- The Legend of Captain Crow's Teeth (2006)
- The Legend of the Worst Boy in the World (2007)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The first five novels in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series were written by Douglas Adams. However, Adams passed away before he was able to finish the series. Colfer was asked to write the final novel.
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