Eoin Colfer Audiobooks

Eoin Colfer, born in 1965, is an Irish writer of children’s literature and the creator of one of the best-selling series of all time: the eleven Artemis Fowl books, which by 2013 had sold more than 21 million copies in 44 languages. In a 2010 public poll, readers voted Artemis Fowl their favourite Puffin title of all time – not bad for a former primary school teacher who only later turned to writing full time.

His standing reaches well beyond his own series. In 2008 he was handed one of the most daunting commissions in publishing: And Another Thing…, the sixth instalment of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series, published the following year. He has also written for Marvel with Iron Man: The Gauntlet, and from 2014 to 2016 he served as Laureate na nÓg, Ireland’s laureate for children’s books.

Colfer in audio is family listening at its best. Our catalogue features Artemis Fowl and The Arctic Incident, from the fantasy series that made his name, alongside The Fowl Twins, Book One, which carries the Fowl name to a new generation. His storytelling has pace, jokes and invention to spare – the qualities that keep young listeners hooked through a long car journey, and that let the adults in the front seats enjoy it just as much. For UK families building a shared audiobook habit, Colfer is about as close to a guaranteed win as children’s fiction gets.