Famous world-wide for his Artemis Fowl books, Eoin Colfer’s first book was published in 1998 and he has won countless awards and accolades ever since. A former teacher, he writes up and down the age groups, from picturebooks to adult novels. The Artemis Fowl series has sold over twenty-five million copies, and a Disney+ movie inspired by the books was recently released. In his latest Fowl Twins book called Get What They Deserve, Myles and Beckett return for their third and most outrageous adventure yet. Eoin was Ireland’s Children’s Laureate 2014-2016 and still wears the medal at all times, even in the bath.

Is scríbhneoir do pháistí í Patricia Forde. Scríobhann sí i nGaeilge agus i mBéarla, agus tá idir pictiúrleabhair agus úrscéalta scríofa aici – chomh maith le cláracha telifíse do dhaoine óga. I measc is déanaí atá curtha amach aici tá : Fidget The Wonder Dog, An t-Oileán Thiar/To The Island (Little Island 2020), Imagine (Little Island, 2021) agus a húrscéal i nGaeilge Ó Am go hAm Patricia Forde is an award-winning children’s writer from Galway. She writes in Irish and in English, and has written both picture books and novels as well as many television programmes for children. Her latest offerings include picture books: Fidget The Wonder Dog (Puffin 2020) To The Island /An t-Oileán Thiar (Little Island 2020), Imagine (Little Island 2021) and her Irish language novel Ó Am go hAm (Futa Fata 2021).