Anthony Horowitz

**Anthony Craig Horowitz** (born 5 April 1956) is an English novel writer and screenwriter. He has written many children's novels, including *The Power of Five*, *Alex Rider* and *The Diamond Brothers* series. He has written over fifty books. He has also written many things for television. He has adapted many of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot novels for the ITV series. He is the creator and writer of the ITV series ''Foyle's War*, *Midsomer Murders'' Horowitz was overweight and unhappy. He enjoyed reading books from his father's library. At the age of eight, Horowitz was sent to a boarding school. The school was called Orley Farm. It was in Harrow, Middlesex. There, he entertained others by telling them the stories he had read.

Horowitz's father was a "fixer" for prime minister Harold Wilson. Because he was nearly bankrupt, he moved his money into Swiss bank accounts.  He died from cancer when his son, Anthony, was 22. The family was never able to find the missing money, even though they had tried for years. He graduated from the University of York with a BA in English literature in 1977.

In at least one interview, Horowitz said that believes H. P. Lovecraft based his fictional *Necronomicon* on real writing, and to have read some of that writing.

Horowitz lives in North London

## Books and movies
### Groosham Grange
* *Groosham Grange* (1988)
* *The Unholy Grail* (retitled to *Return To Groosham Grange*) (1990)

### Alex Rider
* *Stormbreaker* (2000)
* *Point Blanc* (U.S. title: *Point Blank*) (2001)
* *Skeleton Key* (2002)
* *Eagle Strike* (2003)
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* *Scorpia* (2004)
* *Ark Angel* (2005)
* *Snakehead* (2007)
* *Crocodile Tears* (2009)
* *Scorpia Rising* (2011)
**Russian Roulette* (2013)
**Never Say Die* (2017)
**Alex Rider: Secret Weapon* (2019)
**Nightshade* (2020)
**Nightshade Revenge* 2023

### The Diamond Brothers
* ''The Falcon's Malteser* (1986/96)
* *Public Enemy Number Two* (1987)
* *South By South East* (1991/2002)
* *The Blurred Man* (2003)
* *The French Confection* (2003)
* *I Know What You Did Last Wednesday* (2003)
* *The Greek Who Stole Christmas* (2008)
* *Where Seagulls Dare* (2021)

### Pentagram
* *The Devil's Door-Bell* (1983)
* *The Night of the Scorpion* (1983)
* *The Silver Citadel* (1986)
* *Day of the Dragon* (1989)

### The Power of Five *(The Gatekeepers)*
* *Raven's Gate* (1 August 2005)
* *Evil Star* (2 April 2006)
* *Nightrise* (3 April 2007)
* *Necropolis* (30 October 2008)
* *Oblivion* (November 2012)

### Other novels
* *Enter Frederick K Bower* (1978)
* *The Sinister Secret of Frederick K Bower* (1979)
* *Misha, the Magician and the Mysterious Amulet* (1981)
* *Robin of 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
* *William S.* (1999)
* *Mindgame* (2001) (made into a play later)
* *The Killing Joke* (2004)
* *The Magpie Murders* (2006)
* *The House of Silk* (Nov, 2011)

### Collections
* *Myths and Legends* (1991)
* *Horowitz Horror* (1999)
* *More Horowitz Horror* (2001)
* *The Kingfisher Book of Myths and Legends* (2003)
* *Three of Diamonds* (2004)
* *More Bloody Horowitz* (2009)

### Edge: Horowitz Graphic Horror
* *The Phone Goes Dead* (2010)
* *Scared* (2010)
* *Killer Camera* (2010)
* *The Hitchhiker* (2010)

### Graphic novels
* *The Power Of Five 1: Raven's Gate* (2010)
* *Alex Rider : Stormbreaker*
* *Alex Rider : Point Blanc*
* *Alex Rider : Skeleton Key*

### Movies
* *Tintin 2'' (TBA)

## References
## Other websites
* Official website
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* Author profile
* Audio interview regarding Snakehead novel