“I often meet frustrated young writers who say they've only got so far and just can't finish a book. Even if you don't happen to use what you've worked on that day, it has taught you something and you'll be amazed when you might come back to it and use it again.”

Irish writer of children's literature

Eoin Colfer is an Irish writer of children's literature. He is best known as the author of the Artemis Fowl series, a fantasy sequence of eleven books. The novels became a major international success, with more than 21 million copies sold worldwide by 2013 and translations into 44 languages. In 2010, readers also voted Artemis Fowl their favorite Puffin Books title of all time.