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Artemis Fowl author Eoin Colfer to be guest at Zagreb Book Festival

Author: Marija Šestan

ZAGREB, May 11, 2016 (Hina) - Eoin Colfer, an Irish author of children's books who became famous for his Artemis Fowl series, will be one of the guests at the Zagreb Book Festival on May 16-22. He told Hina in an interview that one of the main characteristics of his writing was humour.

"I am mainly known as a humorous writer. I often try to avoid jokes but it seems as though I can’t. I have tried to write straight horror and ghost stories but jokes keep popping into my mind. At this stage in my career I have learned to accept it," Colfer said.

His first work of fiction "Benny and Omar" has been dubbed a 21st century Huckleberry Finn Adventure.

Asked how he modelled Artemis and why he is portrayed as an educated, cunning anti-hero, this Irish novelist, who worked as a primary school teacher before he became a full-time writer, answered: "I have always been interested in villains and anti-heroes. I prefer Captain Hook to Peter Pan and Long John Silver to Jim Hawkins. It was an idea of mine to put a villain centre stage but I honestly thought that not many people would be interested. So Artemis’s success was a very pleasant surprise."

 Among his other popular works are Half Moon Investigations, The Wish List, The Supernaturalist, and a series of Eoin Colfer's Legends.

The second edition of the Zagreb Book Festival is dedicated to Irish literature.

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