Eoin Colfer is IBBY Ireland’s nominee for the 2012 Hans Christian Andersen Award!

26 May 2011

iBbY Ireland is delighted to nominate Eoin Colfer, writer of the best-selling Artemis Fowl fantasy series, as the Irish author nominee for the 2012 Hans Christian Andersen Award. This prestigious prize is the highest international recognition given to creators of children’s books.  The award is made to a living author and also to  an illustrator whose complete works have made a lasting contribution to children’s literature.’

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