Who’s Who: Anthony Horowitz
ANTHONY HOROWITZ (Playwright) is best known as a screenwriter and novelist. Born in 1955 in North London, he was educated at Rugby School and York University and published his first novel when he was just 22. He created the hugely popular and BAFTA-award winning TV series, Foyle’s War, as well as Midsomer Murders, Murder in Mind, Crime Traveller and Menace. His books for children include the Alex Rider series about a teenage secret agent which have sold ten million copies worldwide and topped the New York Times bestseller list. Titles include Stormbreaker which became a film in 2006, Point Blanc, Skeleton Key, Eagle Strike and Ark Angel which won the British Book Award for Children’s Book of the Year. Further series are the Diamond Brothers mystery stories, and two collections of horror stories, originally pulished as Horowitz Horror and More Horowitz Horror which have now been reissued as Scared. His most recent books are Nightrise, the third in the Gatekeeper series, coming after Raven’s Gate and Evil Star. Anthony Horowitz has also written a horror film, The Gathering, starring Christina Ricci. He lives in central London with his wife and two sons.
