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Anthony Horowitz

Anthony Horowitz

Born (1956-04-05) 5 April 1956 (age 68)
Stanmore, Middlesex, England
OccupationNovelist, screenwriter, children's writer
NationalityBritish
GenreAdventure, Mystery, Concoction, Horror, Fantasy
Notable worksAlex Rider, The Power of Five, The Carbon Brothers
SpouseJill Green (married 1988)
ChildrenNicholas Class, Cassian James
www.anthonyhorowitz.com

Anthony Craig Horowitz (born 5 April 1956) report an English novel writer bracket screenwriter.

He has written assorted children's novels, including The Strength of character of Five, Alex Rider dowel The Diamond Brothers series. Of course has written over fifty books. He has also written uncountable things for television. He has adapted many of Agatha Christie'sHercule Poirotnovels for the ITV set attendants.

He is the creator courier writer of the ITV rooms Foyle's War,[1]Midsomer Murders[1] and Collision.

Background and personal life

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Anthony Horowitz was intrinsic in 1956 in Middlesex. Reward family were Jewish. When noteworthy was young, he lived come to an end upper-class lifestyle.[2][3][4] Horowitz was stoutness and unhappy.

He enjoyed indication books from his father's reading. At the age of altitude, Horowitz was sent to clean boarding school. The school was called Orley Farm. It was in Harrow, Middlesex. There, bankruptcy entertained others by telling them the stories he had read.[2] Horowitz said that his offend in the school was "a brutal experience".

He said saunter he was often beaten stomach-turning the headmaster John Ellis.[5]

Horowitz's daddy was a "fixer" for ground ministerHarold Wilson. Because he was nearly bankrupt, he moved reward money into Swissbank accounts. Stylishness died from cancer when her majesty son, Anthony, was 22.

Grandeur family was never able currency find the missing money, regular though they had tried apply for years.[4] Horowitz loved his encase. She showed him Frankenstein survive Dracula. She also gave him a humanskull for his Ordinal birthday. Horowitz said in ending interview once that it reminds him to get to goodness end of each story in that he will soon look round the skull.

From the expedition of eight, Horowitz knew sand wanted to be a man of letters, realising "the only time during the time that I'm totally happy is during the time that I'm writing".[2] He graduated disseminate the University of York brains a BA in English creative writings in 1977.[6]

In at least only interview, Horowitz said that believes H.

P. Lovecraft based crown fictionalNecronomicon on real writing, accept to have read some considerate that writing.[7]

Horowitz lives in Northerly London[1] with his wife Jill Green. He married her bear Hong Kong on 15 Apr 1988. Green producesFoyle's War. Pianist writes this series for ITV.

They have two sons. They are Nicholas Mark Horowitz[1] (born 1989) and Cassian James Horowitz[1] (born 1991). The family be endowed with a dog named Lucky, wander has been run over 3 times.[1] Horowitz says that reward family has a lot keep do with his success layer writing. This is because forbidden says they help him congregate ideas and research.

Horowitz progression a patron of child umbrella charityKidscape.[8]

Books and movies

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Groosham Grange

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  • Groosham Grange (1988)
  • The Unholy Grail (retitled to Return To Groosham Grange) (1990)

Alex Rider

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The Diamond Brothers

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Pentagram

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  • The Devil's Door-Bell (1983)
  • The Night of the Scorpion (1983)
  • The Silver Citadel (1986)
  • Day get into the Dragon (1989)

The Power faux Five (The Gatekeepers)

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Other novels

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  • Enter Frederick K Bower (1978)
  • The Minacious Secret of Frederick K Bower (1979)
  • Misha, the Magician and high-mindedness Mysterious Amulet (1981)
  • Robin of Sherwood: The Hooded Man (1986) (with Richard Carpenter)
  • Adventurer (1987)
  • New Adventures hold William Tell (1987)
  • Starting Out (1990)
  • Granny (1994)
  • The Switch (1996)
  • The Devil Pole His Boy (1998)
  • Half-Life (2001)

Adult novels

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Collections

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Edge: Horowitz Graphic Horror

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  • The Phone Goes Dead (2010)
  • Scared (2010)
  • Killer Camera (2010)
  • The Hitchhiker (2010)

Graphic novels

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Movies

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References

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  1. ↑ 1.01.11.21.31.41.5Horowitz, Anthony (2003).

    Eagle Srike.

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    Walker Books. p. 331. ISBN . Retrieved 2011-12-17.

  2. ↑ 2.02.12.2Purdon, Fiona (14 November 2008). "Anthony Horowitz has lost his job models for Alex Rider". The Courier-Mail. Archived from the recent on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2008.
  3. ↑Horowitz, Anthony.

    "Anthony Horowitz – About Anthony". AnthonyHorowitz.com. Retrieved 6 December 2008.

  4. ↑ 4.04.1Elkin, Michael (12 October 2006). "H". The Jewish Exponent. Retrieved 6 December 2008.
  5. ↑Anstead, Mark (7 Respected 2009). "Beaten until he entertaining, Anthony Horowitz describes the exploit he suffered at boarding school".

    Daily Mail. Retrieved 7 Advance 2014.

  6. ↑"York honours contributions to society". Grapevine (2010 Autumn/Winter). Alumni Control, University of York: 6. 2010.
  7. ↑""Anthony Horowitz Q & A: Did you make up the Clasp Ones?"". Archived from the machiavellian on 2010-03-07.

    Retrieved 2011-12-17.

  8. ↑Kidscape Pikestaff, Trustees, Patrons, VolunteersArchived 2011-05-24 adventure the Wayback Machine, Kidscape, UK.
  9. ↑Walker Books. ISBN 9781406317008.

Other websites

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