‘Artemis Fowl’ author turns a new chapter as profits soar to €1.7m

Crime pays — at least the fictional sort — for Ireland’s bestselling children’s author, Eoin Colfer as new figures show accumulated profits at his firm jumped 134% to €1.669m last year.

The former Co Wexford teacher has sold over 25m books translated into 44 languages around the globe about the adventures of his teenage criminal mastermind, Artemis Fowl.

In July, Disney added to Colfer’s coffers when they confirmed that the adventures of Artemis Fowl are to be made into a movie.