Eoin Colfer (pronounced Owen) was born in Wexford on the South-East coast of Ireland in 1965, where he Eoin Colfer was born on May 14, 1965 in Wexford, Ireland. He 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), he attained worldwide notice in 2001, when the first book in his Artemis Fowl series 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 of 2008, Colfer published a book titled Airman, which was a New York Times bestseller.

Eoin Colfer currently lives in Ireland with his wife, Jackie, and two children, Sean and Finn.

Bibliography

Ed's Funny Feet ( 2000)

Ed's Bed ( 2001)

Artemis Fowl Books

Artemis Fowl ( 2001)

Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident ( 2002)

Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code ( 2003)

Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception ( 2005)

Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony ( 2006)

Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox ( 2008)

Companion Books

Artemis Fowl: The Seventh Dwarf (short story; 2004)

The Artemis Fowl Files (companion book; 2004)

Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel (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 (2000)

The Supernaturalist (2004)

Half Moon Investigations (2006)

Airman (2008)

Author's Books