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Books by Eoin Colfer
Eoin Colfer Biography & Notes
Eoin Colfer (May 14, 1965) is an Irish author. He is most famous for having written the
Artemis Fowl series, The Wish List, and The Supernaturalist.
Eoin Colfer grew up in Wexford, Ireland, along with his four brothers, Paul, Eamon, Donal, and Niall. His father was an elementary school teacher, as well as an artist and historian. His mother was a drama teacher. In 1986 Colfer became a Primary School teacher, but continued to write in his free time. In 1991, Colfer married Jackie, who he met long before in his 5th year of high school at a ceili - traditional social dance in Ireland. Now they live together along with their two sons, Finn and Sean.
Works
Colfer's appeal as a more knowledgeable, science-oriented author has made many prefer his works to Rowling's more traditional fairy tales.
Colfer deplores comparison of his popular, pseudo sci-fi fairy tale to the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling. Artemis Fowl was written as a modern 'fairy tale', paying homage to Raymond Chandler and James Bond as much as Cinderella. The books in the series are largely humorous, but Artemis does have pangs of conscience regarding his criminal activities, and his character develops significantly over the course of the series. Not that he reforms entirely, either.
However, Colfer has been criticised for being "too modern", for dropping acronyms and names without reference, and for slight inconsistencies and plot holes within the books. In addition, some believe that Colfer's books are too violent for the young adult audience, which has sparked heated debates between fans and those opposed to his books.
Artemis Fowl series, The Wish List, and The Supernaturalist.
Eoin Colfer grew up in Wexford, Ireland, along with his four brothers, Paul, Eamon, Donal, and Niall. His father was an elementary school teacher, as well as an artist and historian. His mother was a drama teacher. In 1986 Colfer became a Primary School teacher, but continued to write in his free time. In 1991, Colfer married Jackie, who he met long before in his 5th year of high school at a ceili - traditional social dance in Ireland. Now they live together along with their two sons, Finn and Sean.
Works
Colfer's appeal as a more knowledgeable, science-oriented author has made many prefer his works to Rowling's more traditional fairy tales.
Colfer deplores comparison of his popular, pseudo sci-fi fairy tale to the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling. Artemis Fowl was written as a modern 'fairy tale', paying homage to Raymond Chandler and James Bond as much as Cinderella. The books in the series are largely humorous, but Artemis does have pangs of conscience regarding his criminal activities, and his character develops significantly over the course of the series. Not that he reforms entirely, either.
However, Colfer has been criticised for being "too modern", for dropping acronyms and names without reference, and for slight inconsistencies and plot holes within the books. In addition, some believe that Colfer's books are too violent for the young adult audience, which has sparked heated debates between fans and those opposed to his books.
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle ( 2006)
This classic collection consists of the early mysteries featuring the unflappable Sherlock Holmes and his trustworthy assistant, Dr. Watson.
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Airman by Eoin Colfer ( 2008)
In a thrilling tale filled with action, from the author of the bestselling Artemis Fowl series, young Conor Broekhart is talented with a sword and born to adventure. This story of derring-do is set in late 19th-century Ireland. On a real island with a fictional history, Conor finds himself in the middle of a complex plot involving betrayal, vengeance, and most certainly evil. Saving a princess, setting wrongs right, and ingenious invention are all part of this enjoyable young adult novel.
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And Another Thing... Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Part Six of Three by Eoin Colfer ( 2009)
Working with the blessing of Douglas Adams's widow, the author of the Artemis Fowl series offers a sixth installment of the popular series that has gained legions of fans through its blend of science fiction, fantasy, humor, and absurdity. One million first printing.
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And Another Thing... by Eoin Colfer ( 2010)
THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY series, which contains five books, is already renowned as the longest trilogy in the history of the universe, but most fans felt fairly certain it was over when author Douglas Adams died in 2001. Adams would no doubt be delighted to know that he has once again bamboozled the literary world, this time from beyond the grave. Arthur Dent, the galaxy's most irrepressible defeatist, has been given a second (or is it a sixth?) life by Adams's fellow Brit, Eoin Colfer, who helms a wildly popular series of his own called ARTEMIS FOWL. After five books worth of intergalactic shenanigans that would turn the average person's brain into a gelatinous paste, Arthur has finally made it back to his version of the Earth, only to discover that it is once again scheduled for routine explosion. While Arthur seems perfectly content to experience annihilation, provided he has time for a cup of tea, the relentlessly enthusiastic Galactic president Zaphod Beeblebrox thinks a bit of heroism is in order. Colfer wrote the book under enormous pressure from Adams's legion of rabid fans, but he did not panic and produced a hilarious conclusion to the series, at least until the next book.
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Los Archivos De Artemis Fowl / The Artemis Fowl Files by Eoin Colfer ( 2007) |
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The Arctic Incident The Arctic Incident by Eoin Colfer ( 2009)
Thirteen-year-old Artemis Fowl, a deviant criminal genius with a hidden soft spot, and Captain Holly Short, a fairy who has fought Artemis in the past, work together to rescue the mastermind's father and stop the Goblins from revolting and wrecking havoc in the fairy world. The grizzly Russian Mafiya, wildly advanced techie tools, and death-defying adventure prevail. This is the second book in the bestselling Artemis Fowl series.
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The Arctic Incident by Eoin Colfer ( )
Artemis is at boarding school in Ireland when he receives an urgent e-mail from Russia. In it is a plea from a man who has been kidnapped by the Russian Mafia: his father. As Artemis rushes to his rescue, he is stopped by a familiar nemesis, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon fairy police. But this time, instead of battling the fairies, he is going to have to join forces with them if he wants to save one of the few people in the world he loves.
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Artemis Fowl The Eternity Code by Eoin Colfer ( 2004)
Discovering a way to build a super-computer using stolen fairy technology, young criminal mastermind Artemis sets out to blackmail a Chicago businessman but runs into a trap that leaves Butler mortally injured. Read by Nathaniel Parker. Book available.
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Artemis Fowl The Graphic Novel by Eoin Colfer ( 2006) |
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Artemis Fowl The Ultimate Mastermind Collection by Eoin Colfer ( 2008) |
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Artemis Fowl The Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer ( 2006)
With help from the fairy council and his old friend, Captain Holly Short, Artemis Fowl, teenage criminal mastermind, must stop a lost demon colony, which has been trapped by a time spell for centuries, from escaping Limbo and waging war on Earth. 250,000 first printing.
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Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer ( 2005)
After his Internet research proves that fairies, sprites, leprechauns, and trolls really do exist, 12-year-old criminal genius Artemis Fowl sets out to steal their vast treasure of gold. Knowing that he needs help to make his plan a success, Artemis kidnaps a feisty leprechaun named Holly Short and soon finds himself involved in a major battle involving satyrs, gnomes, and elves.
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Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer ( 2004)
After his Internet research proves that fairies, sprites, leprechauns, and trolls really do exist, 12-year-old criminal genius Artemis Fowl sets out to steal their vast treasure of gold. Knowing that he needs help to make his plan a success, Artemis kidnaps a feisty leprechaun named Holly Short and soon finds himself involved in a major battle involving satyrs, gnomes, and elves.
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Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer ( 2002)
After his Internet research proves that fairies, sprites, leprechauns, and trolls really do exist, 12-year-old criminal genius Artemis Fowl sets out to steal their vast treasure of gold. Knowing that he needs help to make his plan a success, Artemis kidnaps a feisty leprechaun named Holly Short and soon finds himself involved in a major battle involving satyrs, gnomes, and elves.
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The Artemis Fowl Files by Eoin Colfer ( 2008)
Two original short stories, plus puzzles, interviews with characters, and other writings that unlock secrets of the Artemis Fowl books, feature a twelve-year-old evil genius and his dealings with fairies and other magical beings. Reprint.
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The Atlantis Complex by Eoin Colfer ( 2010) |
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Benny & Babe by Eoin Colfer ( 2007) |
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Benny Y Omar by Eoin Colfer ( 2002) |
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Benny and Babe by Eoin Colfer ( 2007)
While visiting his grandparents in a village on the coast of Wexford, Ireland, Benny Shaw becomes involved in a bait-collecting scheme started by a girl called Babe, and in Babe's volatile relationship with Furty Howlin. Simultaneous.
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Benny and Babe by Eoin Colfer ( 2007) |
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Benny and Babe by Eoin Colfer ( 2001)
Benny Shaw, the sports-mad, carefree lad whose adventures in Tunisia have convinced him that he can take on the world, suffers a severe blow to his pride when he meets Babe Meara. He may be a wise guy, but she is at least three steps ahead of him. And he's on her territory. Benny is visiting his grandfather in the country for the summer holidays and finds his position as a "townie" makes him the object of much teasing by natives. Babe is the village tomboy, given serious respect by the local tough guys. She runs a thriving business, rescuing the lost lures and flies of visiting fishermen and selling them at a tidy profit. Babe just might consider Benny as her business partner. But things become very complicated, and dangerous, when Furty Howlin wants a slice of the action.
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Benny and Babe by Eoin Colfer ( 2007) |
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Benny and Omar by Eoin Colfer ( 2007)
Two boys in Africa, one recently moved from Britain and the other one a native, quickly develop a friendship and turn the village upside down, until real life tests them both. Simultaneous.
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Benny and Omar Library Edition by Eoin Colfer ( 2007)
Benny Shaw is unhappy when his father's work forces the family to leave their home in Ireland and resettle in North Africa for a year. Although Benny has a difficult time adjusting to life in life in Tunisia, things change for the better when he befriends an African orphan named Omar. When Benny decides to help Omar with a problem involving Omar's institutionalized sister, the two find themselves on the run from the law. Eoin Colfer is also the author of the bestselling Artemis Fowl series.
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Benny and Omar by Eoin Colfer ( 2007) |
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Benny and Omar by Eoin Colfer ( 2007)
Benny Shaw is unhappy when his father's work forces the family to leave their home in Ireland and resettle in North Africa for a year. Although Benny has a difficult time adjusting to life in life in Tunisia, things change for the better when he befriends an African orphan named Omar. When Benny decides to help Omar with a problem involving Omar's institutionalized sister, the two find themselves on the run from the law. Eoin Colfer is also the author of the bestselling Artemis Fowl series.
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Benny and Omar by Eoin Colfer ( 2001)
Two boys in Africa, one recently moved from Britain and the other one a native, quickly develop a friendship and turn the village upside down, until real life tests them both.
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Click by Gregory Maguire, Tim Wynne-Jones, Roddy Doyle, Nick Hornby, Margo Lanagan, David Almond, Linda Sue Park, Deborah Ellis, Eoin Colfer, Ruth Ozeki ( 2007)
An adventurous mystery features a cast of odd characters, messages from the dead, and a dangerous secret that needs to be solved, written in collaboration by a diverse cast of celebrated authors, including Gregory Maguire and Nick Hornby.
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El Cubo B by Eoin Colfer ( 2004) |
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Eoin Colfer's Legend of Captain Crow's Teeth by Eoin Colfer ( 2006) |
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The Eternity Code by Eoin Colfer ( )
After being held prisoner for years, Artemis Fowl's father has finally come home. He is a new man, an honest man, much to Artemis's horror. He makes his son promise to give up his life of crime, and Artemis has to go along with it. But not until he has completed one last scheme.
Artemis has constructed a super-computer from stolen fairy technology. Called the "C Cube," it will render all existing human technology obsolete. He arranges a meeting with a powerful Chicago businessman, Jon Spiro, to broker a deal for the C Cube. But Spiro springs a trap, steals the C Cube, and mortally injures Butler. Artemis knows his only hope of saving his loyal bodyguard is to employ fairy magic; so once again he must contact his old rival, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon fairy police. It is going to take a miracle to save Butler, and Artemis's luck may just run out. |
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The Eternity Code The Eternity Code by Eoin Colfer ( 2009)
After stealing technology from the fairies, teenager/criminal genius Artemis Fowl has constructed a supercomputer so strong that its very unveiling will render all current human technology obsolete. Chicago-based businessman Jon Spiro offers to reward Artemis with gold if he agrees to hold back the computer's debut for a year. However, Spiro is merely setting a trap for Artemis--the computer is stolen away and Artemis's bodyguard, Butler, is gravely injured. Knowing that only fairy magic can save Butler's life, Artemis has no choice but to once again turn to Captain Holly Short of the LEPrepcon fairy police for help. Can Butler be saved? And will Artemis be able to outwit Jon Spiro and get the supercomputer back?
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Half Moon Investigations by Eoin Colfer ( 2006)
At age 12, Fletcher Moon-- the youngest detective in existence--already had a dozen solved cases to boast about, but his latest one finds him in deep, deep trouble. The combination of stolen goods (bits of a famed singer's hair) and a powerful and sinister crime family finds Fletcher Moon in more trouble that he's ever known. Eoin Colfer is the author of the bestselling Artemis Fowl series, including such popular titles as THE ARCTIC INCIDENT and THE OPAL DECEPTION.
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Half-moon Investigations by Eoin Colfer ( 2006)
At age 12, Fletcher Moon-- the youngest detective in existence--already had a dozen solved cases to boast about, but his latest one finds him in deep, deep trouble. The combination of stolen goods (bits of a famed singer's hair) and a powerful and sinister crime family finds Fletcher Moon in more trouble that he's ever known. Eoin Colfer is the author of the bestselling Artemis Fowl series, including such popular titles as THE ARCTIC INCIDENT and THE OPAL DECEPTION.
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La Bibliotecaria Monstruosa/ The Legend Of Spud Murphy by Eoin Colfer ( 2008) |
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La Venganza De Opal by Eoin Colfer ( 2005) |
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La Venganza Del Opal La Venganza Del Opal by Eoin Colfer, Ana Alcaina ( 2005) |
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The Legend of Spud Murphy by Eoin Colfer ( 2005)
The first in Colfer's chapter book series, now in paperback.
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The Legend of the Worst Boy in the World by Eoin Colfer ( 2008)
Since his parents are always busy listening to his brothers, Will Woodman, the last in a long line of complainers, finds the perfect audience to listen to his tales of woe in his Grandad who has his own cache of pathetic stories, including the legend of the worst boy in the world. Reprint.
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The Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer ( 2009) |
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The Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer ( 2007) |
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The Opal Deception The Opal Deception 4 by Eoin Colfer ( 2005)
While preparing to steal a famous Impressionist painting from a German bank, Artemis Fowl has no idea that Opal Koboi has cloned herself and escaped from jail, leaving only Captain Holly Short of the LEPrechon fairy police to save Artemis before Opal seeks revenge on him. Simultaneous.
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The Opal Deception by Eoin Colfer ( 2009) |
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The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer ( 2008)
In a futuristic world called Satellite City, all orphaned boys are sent to the Clarrisa Frayne Institute and are forced to perform dangerous work by the state, but Cosmo knows that this is wrong and so plans to make an escape in the hopes of finding a better life in the outside world. Read by Chiwetel Ejiofor. Book available.
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The Time Paradox by Eoin Colfer ( 2008)
When the only hope for his mother recovering from a deadly disease lies in the brain fluid of the African lemurs he made extinct five years ago, Artemis must turn to his fairy friends to get him back in time to undo the damage he did while avoiding danger at the hands of his deadly younger self in the process.
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The Time Paradox by Eoin Colfer ( 2008)
When the only hope for his mother recovering from a deadly disease lies in the brain fluid of the African lemurs he made extinct five years ago, Artemis must turn to his fairy friends to get him back in time to undo the damage he did while avoiding danger at the hands of his deadly younger self in the process. Simultaneous.
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Trastadas Y Desastres/ The Legend Of The Worst Boy In The World by Eoin Colfer ( 2008) |
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Treasure Island With Connections by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 2008)
Jim Hawkins, who narrates Stevenson's classic tale, is rewarded for his assistance to an old pirate, Billy Bones, with a map showing the way to buried treasure. He and his associates set sail for the island on a ship manned by a band of pirates--a fact they discover en route. The pirate king is the notorious one-legged cook Long John Silver, one of Stevenson's most delightfully conceived villains. The pirates are vanquished, the treasure is retrieved, and Stevenson's novel is widely loved, and admired as one of the great adventure novels of all time.
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The Wish List by Eoin Colfer ( 2003)
Forced out of her home by her stepfather after her mother's death, Meg Finn becomes a wanderer, joining forces with Belch, her partner in crime, until an attempted robbery goes horribly wrong, leaving Meg's spirit cast into limbo, where she becomes caught in the middle in the battle of good and evil, with the fate of her soul at stake.
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El caso cero/ Half Moon Investigations by Eoin Colfer ( 2008) |
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El tesoro del pirata Crow/ The Legend Of Captain Crow's Teeth by Eoin Colfer ( 2008) |
