Anthony Horowitz
| Anthony Horowitz | |
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| Born |
5 April 1955 Stanmore, Middlesex, England |
| Occupation | Novelist, screenwriter, children's author |
| Alma mater | University of York |
| Genre | Adventure, Mystery, Thriller, Horror, Fantasy |
| Notable works | Alex Rider, The Power of Five, The Diamond Brothers, Foyle's War |
| Spouse | Jill Green (married 1988) |
| Children | Nicholas Mark, Cassian James |
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Anthony Horowitz, OBE (born 5 April 1955) is an English novelist and screenwriter specialising in mystery and suspense. His work for young adult readers includes The Diamond Brothers series, the Alex Rider series, and The Power of Five series (a.k.a. The Gatekeepers). His work for adults includes the novel and play Mindgame (2001), and two Sherlock Holmes novels The House of Silk (2011) and Moriarty (2014). He is the most recent author chosen to write a James Bond novel by the Ian Fleming estate, titled Trigger Mortis (2015).
He has also written for television, contributing scripts to ITV's Agatha Christie's Poirot and Midsomer Murders. He was the creator and writer of the ITV series Foyle's War, Collision and Injustice.
Horowitz was born in Stanmore, Middlesex, into a wealthy English
Horowitz's mother introduced him to Frankenstein and Dracula. She also gave him a human skull for his 13th birthday. Horowitz said in an interview that it reminds him to get to the end of each story since he will soon look like the skull. From the age of 8, Horowitz knew he wanted to be a writer, realizing "the only time when I'm totally happy is when I'm writing". He graduated from the University of York with a lower second class degree in English literature and art history in 1977, where he was in Vanbrugh College.
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