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Eoin Colfer
Sign in to saveIrish author of children's books (born 1965)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 14 May 1965
- Works
- 94
Top works
- Firefox Moon
- Juniper's Christmas
- Click
- Mariella, Queen of the Skies
- EAL Learners Pack (CEFR B1)
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Ireland
- Active from
- 1965
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4,529
- Total plays
- 526,378
Tags
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,798x
- Global, regional, and national sepsis incidence and mortality, 1990–2017: analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study
· 2020 · cited 6,607x
- Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 6,089x
- The Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis
· 2019 · cited 4,352x
- Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology
· 2015 · cited 4,218x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1965-05-14 ) 14 May 1965 (age 61) , Wexford , Ireland
- Occupation
- Writer
- Nationality
- Irish
- Alma mater
- Trinity College Dublin
- Period
- Modern
- Genre
- Children's fantasy , science fiction and adventure novels
- Years active
- 1998–present
- Notable works
- Artemis Fowl series
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.eoincolfer.com
- Image
- Eoin Colfer at BookExpo (05180).jpg
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- Eoin Colfer
- date of birth
- 1965-05-14
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- Eoin Colfer
- name in native language
- Eoin Colfer
- start of work period
- 1998-00-00
Sources (7)
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Article
Eoin Colfer (/ˈoʊ.ɪn/; born 14 May 1965) is an Irish writer of children's literature. He is best known for being the author of the Artemis Fowl series, a set of eleven fantasy books. As of 2013, the novels had sold more than 21 million copies worldwide and had been translated into 44 languages, making them one of the best-selling series of all time. In a 2010 public poll, readers also voted Artemis Fowl as their favorite Puffin Books title of all time.
Colfer worked as a primary school teacher before he became a full-time writer. In September 2008, Colfer was commissioned to write the sixth installment of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, titled And Another Thing ..., which was published in October 2009. In October 2016, in a contract with Marvel Comics, he released Iron Man: The Gauntlet. He served as Laureate na nÓg (Ireland's Children's Laureate) between 2014 and 2016.