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Anthony Horowitz
Born 5 April 1956 (1956-04-05) (age 52)
Stanmore, England
Occupation author, screenwriter
Nationality English
Genres Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Notable work(s) Alex Rider
Spouse(s) Jill Green (1988–present)
Children Nicholas Mark, Cassian James
Influences
Official website

Anthony Horowitz (born 5 April 1956) is an English author and television scriptwriter. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Stanmore is a place in the London Borough of Harrow, England It is a suburban development situated 11 miles (18 km north west of Charing Cross. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created Screenwriters or scenarists are Scriptwriters who write the Screenplays from which Films and Television programs are made Nationality is a relationship between a Person and their State of Origin, Culture, association Affiliation and/or Loyalty England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A literary genre is a category of literary composition Genres may be determined by Literary technique, tone, Content, or even (as in the case of fiction The adventure novel is a Literary genre of novels that has Adventure, an exciting undertaking involving risk and physical danger as its main theme The thriller is a broad Genre of Literature, Film, Gaming and Television. Alex Rider is a series of spy novels by English author Anthony Horowitz about a young spy named Alex Rider. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created He has written many children's and young adult novels, including the Alex Rider and Diamond Brothers series. Alex Rider is a series of spy novels by English author Anthony Horowitz about a young spy named Alex Rider. The Diamond Brothers is a series of humorous children's detective books by Anthony Horowitz. He has also written extensively for television, adapting many of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot novels for ITV series. Agatha Mary Clarissa Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller; 15 September 1890 &ndash 12 January 1976 commonly known as Agatha Christie, was an English Agatha Christie's Poirot is a British television Drama that has aired on ITV1 since 1989 He is the creator and writer of the ITV series Foyle's War. Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent Foyle's War is a British detective Television programme created by screen-writer and author Anthony Horowitz, and commissioned

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Biography

Anthony Horowitz was born in Stanmore, Middlesex, England, into a Jewish family. Stanmore is a place in the London Borough of Harrow, England It is a suburban development situated 11 miles (18 km north west of Charing Cross. Middlesex is one of the 39 historic counties of England and the second smallest by area. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ He has described his father, a businessman, as a "fixer for Harold Wilson"[1] and as a very secretive man. A businessperson (also businessman or businesswoman) is someone who is employed at usually a profit-oriented enterprise, or more specifically someone James Harold Wilson Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, PC (11 March 1916 &ndash 24 May 1995 was one of the most prominent British politicians Facing bankruptcy, Horowitz's father removed his wealth from his Zürich bank accounts, hiding it away under a false name. Bankruptcy is a legally declared inability or impairment of ability of an individual or organization to pay their Creditors Creditors may file a bankruptcy petition against Zürich (, Zürich German: Züri, Zurich, Zurigo; in English generally Zurich) is the largest city in Switzerland and capital of the A pseudonym is a fictitious alternative to a person's legal name (see Alias) He then died, leaving his wife searching for but never finding the money. [2] In 1963, at the age of eight, Horowitz was sent to a boarding school (Orley Farm in Harrow, London) where his childhood unhappiness intensified. A boarding school is a School where some or all pupils not only study but also live during term time with their fellow students and possibly teachers Orley Farm School is a school in the London borough of Harrow, at the foot of Harrow Hill. Harrow is a town in the London Borough of Harrow, North West London. He recalls the headmaster of the school "flogging the boys until they bled". Headmaster redirects here For the type of Transformers please see Headmaster (Transformers. Flagellation is the act of whipping (Latin flagellum, "whip" the human body The memories have never left him. Horowitz later attended Rugby School and the University of York. The University of York is a Campus university in the city of York, England.

Anthony now lives in North London with his wife Jill Green, whom he married in Hong Kong on April 15, 1988. Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Green produces Foyle's War, the series Horowitz writes for ITV. Foyle's War is a British detective Television programme created by screen-writer and author Anthony Horowitz, and commissioned Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent They have two sons, Nicholas Mark (born 1989) and Cassian James (born 1991). He credits his family with much of his success in writing, as he says they help him with ideas and research.

Writing career

1978–1991

Realizing his dream in 1978 at the age of 23 with the publication of his first book, Enter Frederick K Bower. This was followed just a year later by a sequel, The Sinister Secret of Frederick K Bower. 1981 saw Horowitz's third novel, Misha, the Magician and the Mysterious Amulet, published. In 1983 the first of the Pentagram series, The Devil's Door-bell was released. This story saw Martin Hopkins battling an ancient evil that threatened the whole world. Only three of four remaining stories in the series were ever written: The Night of the Scorpion (1984), The Silver Citadel (1986) and Day of the Dragon (1989).

In between writing these novels, Horowitz turned his attention to legendary characters, working with Richard Carpenter on Robin Sherwood: The Hooded Man (1986), and writing the New Adventures of William Tell (1987). Richard "Kip" Carpenter (born 1933 is an English television Screenwriter, Author and Actor who has created a number of popular British

In 1988, Groosham Grange was published. Groosham Grange is a fantasy children's book by New York Times Best Selling author Anthony Horowitz. This book went on to win the 1989 Lancashire Children's Book of the Year Award. [3] It was partially based on the years Horowitz spent at boarding school. Its central character is a thirteen-year-old "witch", David Eliot (based on the myth of the seventh child of a seventh child). Like Horowitz's, Eliot's childhood is unhappy. The Groosham Grange books are aimed at a slightly younger audience than Horowitz's previous books. .

This era in Horowitz's career also saw Adventurer (1987) and Starting Out (1990) published. An adventurer or adventuress is a term that usually takes one of three meanings One whose travels are unusual and often exotic though not so unique as to qualify Starting Out is an Australian Television Soap opera made for the Nine Network by the Reg Grundy Organisation in 1983 However, the most major release of Horowitz's early career was The Falcon's Malteser (1986). The Falcon's Malteser is one of The Diamond Brothers series of books by Anthony Horowitz. This book was the first in the successful Diamond Brothers series, and was filmed unsuccessfully for television in 1989 as Just Ask For Diamond. The Diamond Brothers is a series of humorous children's detective books by Anthony Horowitz. It was followed in 1987 Public Enemy Number Two, and by South by South East in 1991. Public Enemy Number Two is a novel written in 1987 by Anthony Horowitz, the second in The Diamond Brothers series Horowitz also released a collection of rewritten Myths and Legends in 1991. Myths and Legends is a Collectible Card Game based on universal mythologies developed in 2000 in Santiago Chile.

1994–2000

Horowitz wrote many stand-alone novels in the 1990s. 1994's Granny was Horowitz's first book in three years, and it was the first of three books for an audience similar to that of Groosham Grange. The second of these was The Switch, first published in 1996. The third was 1998's The Devil and His Boy, which is set in the Elizabethan era, and explores the rumour of Elizabeth I's secret son. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) In 1999, The Unholy Grail was published as a sequel to Groosham Grange. Groosham Grange is a fantasy children's book by New York Times Best Selling author Anthony Horowitz.

The Unholy Grail was renamed as Return to Groosham Grange in 2003, possibly to help readers understand the connection between the books. Horowitz Horror (1999) and More Horowitz Horror (2000) saw Horowitz exploring a darker side of his writing. Horowitz Horror and More Horowitz Horror are two collections of short horror stories written by Anthony Horowitz, published in Each book contains several short horror stories. Many of these stories were repackaged in twos or threes as the Pocket Horowitz series.

2000–Present

Horowitz began his most famous and successful series in the new millennium: the Alex Rider novels. Alex Rider is a series of spy novels by English author Anthony Horowitz about a young spy named Alex Rider. These books are about a 14-year old boy becoming a spy. He is a member of MI6. Currently, there are seven Alex Rider books: Stormbreaker (2000), Point Blanc (2001), Skeleton Key (2002), Eagle Strike (2003), Scorpia (2004) Ark Angel (2005) and Snakehead (2007). Stormbreaker is the first novel in the ''Alex Rider'' series by British author Anthony Horowitz. Point Blanc (North America Point Blank) follows on from Stormbreaker and is the second book in the ''Alex Rider'' series written by British A skeleton key ( Master key) is either a key that has been altered in such a way as to bypass the wards placed inside a Warded lock Eagle Strike is the fourth book in the Alex Rider series written by British author Anthony Horowitz. Scorpia is the name of a few things Scorpia (novel, an Alex Rider novel Scorpia (She-Ra, a She-Ra character Scorpia (comics Ark Angel is the sixth book in the ''Alex Rider'' series written by British author Anthony Horowitz. Snakehead is the seventh novel in the ''Alex Rider'' series written by British author Anthony Horowitz. All the Alex Rider books have been released in April, one every year (Ark Angel was released on April 1, 2005) However, no seventh book arrived in 2006, presumably due to Horowitz's commitments to the Power of Five series and the Stormbreaker movie, which was released in the UK in July 2006. Alex Rider is a series of spy novels by English author Anthony Horowitz about a young spy named Alex Rider. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Power of Five is a series of Fantasy and horror novels written by British author Anthony Horowitz. Stormbreaker is a 2006 spy film based on the same titled novel, the first novel in the ''Alex Rider'' series. Events in July The traditional period known as "fence month" (the closed season for deer in England ended July 9 (date varied Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The seventh Alex Rider novel, Snakehead, was released October 31, 2007. Alex Rider is a series of spy novels by English author Anthony Horowitz about a young spy named Alex Rider. Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [4] Horowitz planned to travel to such places as Australia and Thailand in research for the novel in late 2006. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The Kingdom of Thailand (ˈtaɪlænd ราชอาณาจักรไทย, râːtɕʰa-ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k-tʰɑj Horowitz also has an idea for the eighth Alex Rider novel, but he says "Alex won't be in it". . At the Bath Festival of Children's Literature, he revealed the title of this book would most likely be Yassen, although he has confirmed to Red House Readers it will be "Yassen Teenage Assassin. "

In 2003 Horowitz also wrote three novels featuring the Diamond Brothers: The Blurred Man, The French Confection and I Know What You Did Last Wednesday, which were republished together as Three of Diamonds in 2004. The French Confection is a children's Novel by British author Anthony Horowitz, writer of the successful Power of Five series I Know What You Did Last Wednesday (2003 is a short story in The Diamond Brothers series of comedy thrillers by Anthony Horowitz ( Author of A playing card is a piece of specially prepared heavy paper thin card or thin plastic figured with distinguishing motifs and used as one of a set for playing Card games The author information page in early editions of Scorpia and the introduction to Three of Diamonds claimed that Horowitz had travelled to Australia to research a new Diamond Brothers book, entitled Radius of the Lost Shark. Alex Rider is a series of spy novels by English author Anthony Horowitz about a young spy named Alex Rider. A playing card is a piece of specially prepared heavy paper thin card or thin plastic figured with distinguishing motifs and used as one of a set for playing Card games For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. However, this book has not been mentioned since, so it is doubtful it is still planned. A new Diamond Brothers "short" book entitled The Greek who Stole Christmas was later released. It is hinted at the end of " The Greek who Stole Christmas" that the "Radius of the Lost Shark" may turn out to be the eighth book in the series. [5]

Horowitz has recently branched out to an adult audience with 2004's The Killing Joke, a comedy about a man who tries to track a joke to its source with disastrous consequences. The Killing Joke is a Novel written by Anthony Horowitz first published in 2004 by The Orion Publishing Group Comedy (from the Greek κωμωδίαkomodia has a popular meaning (any discourse generally intended to amuse especially in Television, Film, and Horowitz's second adult novel, The Magpie Murders, was due out on October 18, 2006. Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. This date passed with no further news on the book; all that is known about it is that it will be about "a whodunit writer who is murdered while he's writing his latest whodunit" and "it has an ending which I hope will come as a very nasty surprise". [6] As the initial release date was not met, it is not currently known if or when The Magpie Murders will be released.

In August 2005, Horowitz released a book called Raven's Gate which began another series entitled The Power of Five (The Gatekeepers in the United States). Raven's Gate is the first book in The Power of Five (in USA the Gatekeepers series written by Anthony The Power of Five is a series of Fantasy and horror novels written by British author Anthony Horowitz. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the He describes it as "Alex Rider with witches and devils". [7] The second book in the series, Evil Star, was released in April 2006. Evil Star is the second book in The Power of Five series by British author Anthony Horowitz. The third in the series is called Nightrise, and was released on 2 April 2007. Nightrise is the third book in The Power of Five series written by Anthony Horowitz. Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

The Power of Five is a rewritten, modern version of the Pentagram series from the 1980s. The Power of Five is a series of Fantasy and horror novels written by British author Anthony Horowitz. Although Pentagram required five books for story development, Horowitz only completed four: The Devil's Door-bell (Raven's Gate), The Night of the Scorpion (Evil Star), The Silver Citadel (Nightrise) and Day of the Dragon (Necropolis: City of the Dead). Raven's Gate is the first book in The Power of Five (in USA the Gatekeepers series written by Anthony Evil Star is the second book in The Power of Five series by British author Anthony Horowitz. Nightrise is the third book in The Power of Five series written by Anthony Horowitz. Mr Horowitz was clearly aiming for the same audience that read the Alex Rider novels with these rewrites, and The Power of Five has gained more public recognition than his earlier works, earning number 1 in the top 10 book chart. Alex Rider is a series of spy novels by English author Anthony Horowitz about a young spy named Alex Rider. The Power of Five is a series of Fantasy and horror novels written by British author Anthony Horowitz.

Bibliography

Groosham Grange

Alex Rider

Diamond Brothers

Pentagram

Power of Five (In US: The Gatekeepers)

Other novels

Adult novels

Collections

Television and film

Horowitz began writing for television in the 1980s, contributing to the children's anthology series Dramarama, and also writing for the popular fantasy series Robin of Sherwood. Mindgame is a thriller novel written by Anthony Horowitz. It was written in 2001, and was adapted for the stage in the West End. The Killing Joke is a Novel written by Anthony Horowitz first published in 2004 by The Orion Publishing Group Horowitz Horror and More Horowitz Horror are two collections of short horror stories written by Anthony Horowitz, published in Three of Diamonds is a collection of Short stories previously released by Anthony Horowitz. Dramarama was the name of a British childrens' Anthology series broadcast on ITV between 1983 and 1989. Robin of Sherwood, retitled Robin Hood in the US was an acclaimed 1980s British Television series, based on the legend of His association with murder mysteries began with the adaptation of several Hercule Poirot stories for ITV's popular Agatha Christie's Poirot series during the 1990s. Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent Agatha Christie's Poirot is a British television Drama that has aired on ITV1 since 1989

Often his work has a comic edge, such as with the comic murder anthology Murder Most Horrid (BBC Two, 1991) and the comedy-drama The Last Englishman (1995), starring Jim Broadbent. Murder Most Horrid was a BBC Black comedy anthology series starring Comedian Dawn French. James "Jim" Broadbent (born 24 May 1949 is an English Academy Award -winning theatre film and television Actor. From 1997, he wrote the majority of the episodes in the early series of Midsomer Murders. Midsomer Murders is a British television Drama that has aired on ITV1 since 1997 In 2001, he created a drama anthology series of his own for the BBC, Murder in Mind, an occasional series which deals with a different set of characters and a different murder every one-hour episode.

He is also less-favourably known for the creation of two short-lived and sometimes derided science-fiction shows, Crime Traveller (1997) for BBC One and The Vanishing Man (pilot 1996, series 1998) for ITV. Science fiction first appeared on Television during the Golden age of science fiction, first in Britain (UK and then in the United States Crime Traveller is a 1997 Science fiction Detective television series produced by Carnival Films for the BBC based around Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent The successful 2002 launch of the detective series Foyle's War, set during the Second World War, helped to restore his reputation as one of Britain's foremost writers of popular drama. Foyle's War is a British detective Television programme created by screen-writer and author Anthony Horowitz, and commissioned World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including

Horowitz is the writer of a feature film screenplay, The Gathering, which was released in 2002 and starred Christina Ricci. The Gathering is a 2002 thriller / Horror film directed by Brian Gilbert and starring Christina Ricci. Christina Ricci (born February 12 1980 is an Emmy Award -nominated American actress who first achieved fame for her role as Wednesday Addams in He wrote the screenplay for Alex Rider's first major motion picture, Stormbreaker and is working on the screenplay for the second: Point Blanc. Stormbreaker is a 2006 spy film based on the same titled novel, the first novel in the ''Alex Rider'' series. Stormbreaker is a 2006 spy film based on the same titled novel, the first novel in the ''Alex Rider'' series.

References

  1. ^ Anthony Horowitz - About Anthony
  2. ^ Jewish Exponent (2006-10-12). The Jewish Exponent is a weekly community Newspaper serving the Jewish community of Philadelphia. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. Horowitz ... Anthony Horowitz.
  3. ^ Lancashire Children's Book of the Year.
  4. ^ News - Nightrise, Walker Books and Snakehead
  5. ^ The Greek Who Stole Christmas by Anthony Horowitz - Red House Books
  6. ^ Orion Publishing Group. Anthony Horowitz, author of The Killing Joke, answers our questions. Retrieved on 12 October 2006. Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
  7. ^ News.

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NAME Horowitz, Anthony
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Author
DATE OF BIRTH April 5, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Stanmore, Middlesex, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Stanmore is a place in the London Borough of Harrow, England It is a suburban development situated 11 miles (18 km north west of Charing Cross. Middlesex is one of the 39 historic counties of England and the second smallest by area. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
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