 As a child
Born in north London, Anthony says, "I think I knew with certainty that I wanted to be a writer around eight." For birthdays, he asked for books, pens and a typewriter. His schooldays were not especially happy, more like something "out of Dickens or Dahl", and one reason he began writing books for young people was "to make up for the shortcomings of my childhood".
As an adult
Anthony lives in north London with his wife Jill Green, a TV producer, and their sons Nicholas and Cassian. His whole family gets involved in his writing. Jill has produced several of Anthony's scripts, including the drama serial Foyle's War, which won the Lew Grade Audience Award in 2003. His son Cassian is already a seasoned actor, having appeared in three of his shows, and Nicholas, his oldest son, has helped Anthony to research the Alex Rider books by trying his hand at everything from scuba-diving to snowboarding and surfing!
As an artist
Anthony's first novel was Enter Frederick K. Bower, published in 1979 when Anthony was just 23. He has since written many more and is also a prolific writer for television, film and theatre. He created Foyle's War and the popular series Midsomer Murders and has also worked on Agatha Christie's Poirot and Murder Most Horrid. His play, Mindgame, was produced in the West End and he has also written an adult novel, The Killing Joke. Anthony's phenomenally successful series of books about teen superspy Alex Rider have delighted children all over the world, and in 2003, Anthony was delighted to win the Red House Children's Book Award for Skeleton Key as it was voted for entirely by children. Anthony's supernatural series, Power of Five, which begins with Raven's Gate, was inspired by a simple thought. "Would it be possible to write something like Lord of the Rings - but to set it here, now, in the real world?" says Anthony. "Isn't it more exciting to imagine these great battles with all their magic and mystery happening in the very high street where you live, just out of the corner of your eye?"
Things you didn't know about Anthony Horowitz
1. Anthony began writing because he wanted to be like Tintin.
2. He has travelled to all the places in the Tintin books (except the moon).
3. Snatchmore Hall (in The Switch) is based on the house where Anthony lived as a child. He had a nanny, two cooks, two gardens, a chauffeur ... and he hated it.
4. He was sent to a revolting boarding school, Orley Farm, in north London. The headmaster and his wife featured by name in one of his TV episodes. He depicted them as mad Nazis!
5. He takes research for his books very seriously. He has walked across the Andes and visited the Forbidden City in Hong Kong. For Point Blanc, he climbed - and operated - a 150m crane opposite the Houses of Parliament.
6. He got married in Hong Kong. He didn't understand the ceremony because it was in Chinese.
7. He spent a year working as a cowboy in Australia. This was for fun - not for a book.
8. His passion is scuba-diving. He has dived all over the world, including Sipadan in the South China Sea, where he saw hammerhead sharks.
9. He has a chocolate-coloured labrador called Lucky. Lucky by name, but not by nature - the dog has been run over three times!
10. He is a major film fan and goes to the cinema three or four times a week. His favourite film is The Third Man. He is also a big fan of Alfred Hitchcock's mysteries.
Titles by Anthony Horowitz
* Alex Rider: The Mission Files
* Ark Angel
* Ark Angel - Cassette
* Ark Angel - CD
* The Blurred Man
* The Devil and His Boy
* Eagle Strike
* Eagle Strike - Cassette
* Eagle Strike - CD
* The Falcon's Malteser
* The French Confection
* Granny
* The Greek Who Stole Christmas
* Groosham Grange
* Groosham Grange - 2 Books in 1!
* I Know What You Did Last Wednesday
* Point Blanc
* Point Blanc - Cassette
* Point Blanc - CD
* Point Blanc Graphic Novel
* The Power of Five: Evil Star
* The Power of Five: Evil Star - CD
* The Power of Five: Nightrise
* The Power of Five: Nightrise - CD
* The Power of Five: Raven's Gate
* The Power of Five: Raven's Gate - Cassette
* The Power of Five: Raven's Gate - CD
* Public Enemy Number Two
* Return to Groosham Grange
* Scorpia
* Scorpia - CD
* Skeleton Key
* Skeleton Key - Cassette
* Skeleton Key - CD
* Snakehead - Paperback
* Snakehead - Hardback
* Snakehead - CD
* South By South East
* Stormbreaker
* Stormbreaker - Cassette
* Stormbreaker - CD
* Stormbreaker - Film Tie-In edition
* Stormbreaker The Movie - Behind the Scenes
* Stormbreaker: The Graphic Novel
* The Switch
* The Three of Diamonds
|
, ceny
Mapa strony
![Ark Angel [Audiobook], Anthony Horowitz, 978-1-84428-097-1, 9781844280971](okladka100/0/okladki/p5126.jpg)
![Crocodile tears [Audiobook], Anthony Horowitz, 1406316997, 9781406316995](cover100/0/arch/9781406316995.jpg)
