Anthony Horowitz, born on the 5 of April 1956, is an English author and screenwriter, from Stanmore, Middlesex. He is most known for his book series Alex Rider, The Power of Five and The Diamond Brothers. He has written over fifty novels, as well as various screenplays for Tv series, and the screenplay for Alex Rider's first motion picture. Horowitz was born in a wealthy environment, his father being a "fixer for prime minister Harold Wilson", as Horowitz said in an interview.
Anthony was an extremely overweight and unhappy child, finding his only comfort in reading books. At age eight, as was customary, he was sent to boarding school, where he was often whipped by the headmaster. He also hated his grandmother, who he said 'was pure evil', stating he danced on her grave when she died. At age 13, Horowitz's mother, whom he adored, bought him a human skull for his birthday. He still has this skull, claiming it helps him finish stories through the logic that soon he will look like that skull and he must hurry to finish before that happened. He started writing at age eight, and started writing professionally at age twenty, publishing his first book (Enter Frederick K Bower, 1978) at age twenty-three.
Anthony Horowitz is now married to Jill Green, and has two sons, Nicholas and Cassian. Horowitz married in Hong Kong on the 15 of April 1988. Nicholas was born in 1989, and Cassian in 1991. Horowitz now lives in London with his family, and he writes in a studio, almost always accompanied by his Labrador, Lucky, who has been run over three times.
Anthony started his writing career with children's books, slowly escalating to more adult oriented books and screenplays. He mostly writes horror, thriller, adventure, mystery and fantasy genres.