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Eoin Colfer (pronounced Owen) was born in Wexford on the South-East coast of
Ireland in 1965, where he and his four brothers were brought up by his father
(an elementary school teacher, historian and artist of note) and mother (a drama
teacher). He first developed an interest in writing in primary
(elementary) school with gripping Viking stories inspired by history he was
learning in school at the time!
After leaving school he got his degree
from Dublin university and qualified as a primary school teacher, returning to
work in Wexford. He married in 1991 and he and his wife spent about 4 years
between 1992 and 1996 working in Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Italy. His first book, Benny and Omar, was published in 1998, based
on his experiences in Tunisia; it has since been translated into many languages.
A sequel followed in 1999, followed by some other books (see below). Then in
2001 the first Artemis Fowl book was published and he was able to resign from
teaching and concentrate fully on writing. He lives in Ireland with his
wife and two children.
He says, "I
will keep writing until people stop reading or I run out of ideas. Hopefully
neither of these will happen anytime soon."
This "beyond the book article" relates to Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception. It originally ran in July 2005 and has been updated for the
April 2006 paperback edition.
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