Anthony Horowitz
, b. 1955
Anthony Horowitz is a British author, screenwriter, playwright and journalist, known particularly for his teen spy series Alex Rider. He has written over forty books for a variety of ages and over a range of themes and genres. His work for adults includes Sherlock Holmes novels commissioned by the Conan Doyle Estate and a James Bond novel, Trigger Mortis (2015), which was commissioned by the Ian Fleming Estate. His work for younger children includes the comic horror novel Granny (2009) and The Diamond Brothers Detective Agency series. As a children’s author, he is especially associated with getting boys to read and speaking to boys in general. He also produced the first seven episodes of Midsomer Murders and wrote and created the series Foyle’s War. He is a travel writer for The Telegraph and a regular politics (he calls himself ‘vaguely conservative’) and education contributor to other British newspapers. He is also a patron to Kidscape, an anti-bullying charity, and the East Anglia Children’s Hospice.
Horowitz is from a Jewish family in Middlesex. He was educated in a strict boarding school environment where he talks of being regularly beaten by the headmaster, and then in a public school in Rugby. He studied English literature and art history at University of York in 1977. He is married to Jill Green, producer of Foyle’s War, and has two sons. Horowitz has claimed he always wanted to be a writer, since writing is the only time he is completely happy.
Sources:
Author's website (accessed: January 16, 2020);
Wikipedia (accessed: January 16, 2020).
Bio prepared by Robin Diver, University of Birmingham, RSD253@student.bham.ac.uk
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