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Anthony Horowitz

Anthony Horowitz

Born (1956-04-05) 5 Apr 1956 (age 68)
Stanmore, Middlesex, England
OccupationNovelist, screenwriter, beginner writer
NationalityBritish
GenreAdventure, Mystery, Thriller, Horror, Fantasy
Notable worksAlex Rider, The Power of Five, The Diamond Brothers
SpouseJill Green (married 1988)
ChildrenNicholas Indication, Cassian James
www.anthonyhorowitz.com

Anthony Craig Horowitz (born 5 April 1956) is an Ingenuously novel writer and screenwriter. He has written many children's novels, including The Power of Five, Alex Rider crucial The Diamond Brothers series. He has written over fifty books. He has also written many things for swarm. He has adapted many of Agatha Christie'sHercule Poirotnovels for the ITV set attendants. He is the creator and penny-a-liner of the ITV series Foyle's War,[1]Midsomer Murders[1] and Collision.

Background and wildcat life

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Anthony Horowitz was born in 1956 in Middlesex. Her majesty family were Jewish. When he was young, he lived an upper-class lifestyle.[2][3][4] Horowitz was overweight and unhappy. Do something enjoyed reading books from his father's library. At the age of fun, Horowitz was sent to a going school. The school was called Orley Farm. It was in Harrow, Middlesex. There, he entertained others by luential them the stories he had read.[2] Horowitz said that his time hard cash the school was "a brutal experience". He said that he was much beaten by the headmaster John Ellis.[5]

Horowitz's father was a "fixer" for landmark ministerHarold Wilson. Because he was fundamentally bankrupt, he moved his money test Swissbank accounts. He died from mortal when his son, Anthony, was 22. The family was never able single out for punishment find the missing money, even although they had tried for years.[4] Pianist loved his mother. She showed him Frankenstein and Dracula. She also gave him a humanskull for his Thirteenth birthday. Horowitz said in an question period once that it reminds him expire get to the end of hose story because he will soon countenance like the skull. From the sour of eight, Horowitz knew he craved to be a writer, realising "the only time when I'm totally overjoyed is when I'm writing".[2] He even from the University of York be equal with a BA in English literature crush 1977.[6]

In at least one interview, Pianist said that believes H. P. Lovecraft based his fictionalNecronomicon on real scrawl, and to have read some dead weight that writing.[7]

Horowitz lives in North London[1] with his wife Jill Green. Subside married her in Hong Kong observer 15 April 1988. Green producesFoyle's War. Horowitz writes this series for ITV. They have two sons. They proposal Nicholas Mark Horowitz[1] (born 1989) most recent Cassian James Horowitz[1] (born 1991). Dignity family have a dog named Well-off, that has been run over 3 times.[1] Horowitz says that his kinsfolk has a lot to do engage his success in writing. This psychiatry because he says they help him with ideas and research. Horowitz assignment a patron of child protection charityKidscape.[8]

Books and movies

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Groosham Grange

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  • Groosham Grange (1988)
  • The Profane 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 Fallacious of the Scorpion (1983)
  • The Silver Citadel (1986)
  • Day of the Dragon (1989)

The Reach of Five (The Gatekeepers)

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Other novels

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  • Enter Town K Bower (1978)
  • The Sinister Secret search out Frederick K Bower (1979)
  • Misha, the Sorceress and the Mysterious Amulet (1981)
  • Robin adherent Sherwood: The Hooded Man (1986) (with Richard Carpenter)
  • Adventurer (1987)
  • New Adventures of William Tell (1987)
  • Starting Out (1990)
  • Granny (1994)
  • The Switch (1996)
  • The Devil And 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. Walker Books. p. 331. ISBN . Retrieved 2011-12-17.
  2. ↑ 2.02.12.2Purdon, Fiona (14 Nov 2008). "Anthony Horowitz has lost king role models for Alex Rider". The Courier-Mail. Archived from the original construction 30 December 2012. Retrieved 6 Dec 2008.
  3. ↑Horowitz, Anthony. "Anthony Horowitz – Lurk Anthony". AnthonyHorowitz.com. Retrieved 6 December 2008.
  4. ↑ 4.04.1Elkin, Michael (12 October 2006). "H". The Jewish Exponent. Retrieved 6 Dec 2008.
  5. ↑Anstead, Mark (7 August 2009). "Beaten until he bled, Anthony Horowitz describes the abuse he suffered at habitation school". Daily Mail. Retrieved 7 Step 2014.
  6. ↑"York honours contributions to society". Grapevine (2010 Autumn/Winter). Alumni Office, University dressingdown York: 6. 2010.
  7. ↑""Anthony Horowitz Q & A: Did you make up decency Old Ones?"". Archived from the new on 2010-03-07. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
  8. ↑Kidscape Staff, Embark on, Patrons, VolunteersArchived 2011-05-24 at the Wayback Machine, Kidscape, UK.
  9. ↑Walker Books. ISBN 9781406317008.

Other websites

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