Eoin Colfer (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 J. K. Rowling books, and like Harry Potter, Artemis Fowl is used to describe the work of..

Eoin Colfer (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 J. K. Rowling books, and like Harry Potter, Artemis Fowl is used to describe the work of other writers (e.g. Jack Heath[2] and Mark Walden). In September 2008, Colfer was commissioned to write the sixth installment of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, entitled And Another Thing.... Eoin Colfer was born in Wexford, in 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 (which consists so far of 9 books), Half Moon Investigations, The Wish List, and The Supernaturalist, along with the Eoin Colfer’ 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.