The Artemis Fowl books represented something unique in YA lit during the 2000s: a fantasy world of elves and dwarves with an antihero protagonist who aspires to be a dastardly, brilliant criminal.
The Artemis Fowl series is comprised of novels in the science fiction fantasy genre written by Eoin Colfer, an Irish author. The books feature the main character Artemis Fowl II who is a teenager and a criminal mastermind. In the first book Artemis captures Holly Short, a fairy and holds her for ransom in order to restore the fortune of his family. Artemis is introduced in the beginning as a.
The adventures of Artemis Fowl, criminal mastermind, begin. Twelve-year-old criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl has discovered a world below ground of armed and dangerous—and extremely high-tech—fairies. He kidnaps one of them, Holly Short, and holds her for ransom in an effort to restore his family’s fortune. But he may have underestimated.
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Here's why fans of the original Eoin Colfer book series are concerned about Disney's live-action Artemis Fowl movie. First published in 2001, Artemis Fowl was one of the new millennium's wave of fantasy-tinged literary franchises that straddled the young and adult audiences perfectly, spearheaded by J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter.Unlike the heroic Potter, young Artemis Fowl II was a criminal.
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Author Eoin Colfer has come a long way since his primary school teaching days when in 1991, his first Artemis Fowl book was published and he went on to write seven more. As we all await a big-screen adaptation, starring Colin Farrell and Ferdia Shaw, Eoin proves the old adage 'behind every great man is a great woman' still rings true. The award-winning writer has revealed it was wife Jackie.