Eoin Colfer: Hello. My name is Eoin Colfer. The name Eoin is a very old Irish name and it is very rarely used outside Ireland with this particular spelling, and so when I'm in Ireland, everybody says, "Hello Eoin. How are you Eoin?" It's no problem, everybody knows my name, but as soon as I cross into mainland Europe, or across the Atlantic to America, I'm called Ian, Ewan, Evan, Eon, everything you can think of. Any possible permutation of those four letters. I quite like Eon, actually, because it's very spacey, so I'm happy when people call me that because I feel like a cast member of Star Trek.