Jim Theis was the author of THE EYE OF ARGON. He was born in 1953 and died in 2002. He was a few days short of 17 when THE EYE OF ARGON first saw print.Jim Theis was the author of THE EYE OF ARGON. He was born in 1953 and died in 2002. He was a few days short of 17 when THE EYE OF ARGON first saw print.