Eoin Colfer

Both Eoin Colfer’s parents were teachers and young Eoin was taught by his dad Billy at Wexford’s Christian Brothers primary. Eoin remembers his dad’s presence in school as “witty…[he] made school fun.” Colfer junior’s first attempt at serious writing came in the sixth grade. “I wrote a play for the class about Norse Gods. Everyone died in the end except me.”

Eoin followed in his parents’ footsteps and trained to be a teacher but his writing didn't stop and  his first book, Benny and Omar, appeared in 1999 and instantly achieved bestselling status in Ireland. Eoin's most famous books are the incomparable Artemis Fowl series but he has written some excellent one off novels such as The Legend of the Worst Boy in the World.

WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT EOIN COLFER...

“Wildly original… and you thought fairy stories were just for kids.”
T2 (The Telegraph) on Artemis Fowl

“It’s a highly original adventure story with an action-packed plot which twists and turns right to the end – a kind of William Gibson meets the Hobbit/Irish Legends. It has all the right ingredients.” Marc Lambert, Children’s Programme Director at the Edinburgh Festival on Artemis Fowl

“Make sure you buy it!” Denise Van Outen, Channel 4’s The Big Breakfast on Artemis Fowl

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Plugged Eoin Colfer One of our Debuts of the Year 2011. May 2011 Debut of the Month. From the bestselling and exceptionally gifted writer of the Artemis Fowl children's titles comes a brilliant, darkly comic, adult... Format: Hardback - Released: 12/05/2011 Lovereading Price: £9.74 - Saving £3.25 (25%)

Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex Eoin Colfer Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 5 May 2011. Bestselling master criminal Artemis Fowl is back for another thrilling adventure. But, is he the same? Now fifteen, Artemis seems older and wiser and he is determined to save... Format: Paperback - Released: 07/04/2011 Lovereading Price: £5.24 - Saving £1.75 (25%)

And Another Thing ... Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Part Six of Three Eoin Colfer June 2010 Book of the Month. Eoin Colfer takes up the Douglas Adams mantle and writes the next instalment in the Hitchhiker's saga. As an author who writes his own weird and wonderful... Format: Paperback - Released: 27/05/2010 Lovereading Price: £6.74 - Saving £2.25 (25%)

And Another Thing ... Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Part Six of Three Eoin Colfer Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 26 November 2009. Eoin Colfer takes up the Douglas Adams mantel and writes the next instalment in the Hitchhikers saga. As an author who writes his own weird and wonderful stories he... Format: Hardback - Released: 11/10/2009 Lovereading Price: £14.24 - Saving £4.75 (25%)

And Another Thing ... Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Part Six of Three Eoin Colfer An Audio version of this long awaited sequel. And Another Thing, the 6th book in the Hitchhiker’s trilogy, or rather ‘double trilogy’ as it has now become, has been written by the brilliantly funny Eoin Colfer, international number-one bestselling author of the Artemis... Format: CD-Audio - Released: 11/10/2009 Lovereading Price: £14.99 - Saving £5.00 (25%)