In Eoin Colfer’s young-adult novel Artemis Fowl, the teenage criminal mastermind is named Artemis.
Artemis Fowl II is a wealthy Irish boy who uses his intelligence, technology, and family resources to pursue criminal schemes. At the beginning of the novel, he targets the hidden fairy civilization, believing that capturing a fairy can lead to a valuable ransom.
The book was first published in 2001 and combines fantasy, crime, and science-fiction elements. Artemis is not presented as a traditional heroic child at first; his calculating behavior drives the conflict with the technologically advanced fairy police force.
Readers sometimes answer “Fowl,” but that is Artemis’s family name. Butler is his highly skilled bodyguard, while Mulch Diggums and Foaly are members of the fairy world. Artemis is both the character’s first name and the title’s name.