Crime pays — at least the fictional kind — for Ireland’s best selling children’s author Eoin Colfer, as accumulated profits at his book firm topped €2.6m last year.

Ireland’s best-selling children’s author, Eoin Colfer, enjoyed a boost from his major Disney movie deal last year with profits at his firm jumping by more than €155,000 to more than €1.82m.

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.