Andy Weirs is really something else. He was a programmer before he was an author and while i don't think his story is romantic as JK Rowling's, I don't think he ever really planned to be a writer, it just kind of worked out for him and good thing too. He only has 3 books, but all of them are outstanding. 2 have already been made into wildly successful movies, I would imagine that Artemis is already being eyed up by producers although given the setting I think that would be really difficult to pull off. They have the money though, so I am sure it is only a matter of time before they do it.

They started on is back in I think the late teens but not a lot has been said about it.