Eoin Colfer was born in Wexford on the South-East coast of Ireland in 1965. After leaving school he got his degree from Dublin university and qualified as a primary school teacher, returning to work in Wexford. His first book, Benny and Omar, was published in 1998. 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.
