Eoin Colfer

Eoin Colfer was born on May 14, 1965 in Wexford, located on the South East coast of Ireland. He was brought up along with his four brothers by his father, who was an artist, elementary school teacher, and historian, and his mother, a drama teacher and stage writer. His family encouraged his appreciation for the arts and writing. He began to develop his interest in writing in elementary school by composing Viking stories based on history lessons taught in school at the time. His first work of writing was a class play called Norse Gods. Eoin left school and got a degree from Dublin University. He returned to Wexford to work as a primary school teacher.