Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz, OBEis an English novelist and screenwriter specialising in mystery and suspense. His work for young adult readers includes The Diamond Brothers series, the Alex Rider series, and The Power of Five series. His work for adults includes the novel and play Mindgame, and two Sherlock Holmes novels The House of Silkand Moriarty. He is the most recent author chosen to write a James Bond novel by the Ian Fleming estate, titled Trigger Mortis...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth5 April 1955
CityLondon, England
My writing has always been what you call 'narrative fiction' in the sense that it's got very strong plots and twists at the end.
If you think it's hard getting in, you should try getting out.
We live in a world with so many dangers that we have to be careful whom we trust.
I love writing different things.
I'm not very good at creating worlds. I prefer to write about the world as it is.
I don't think my father was a bad man, all in all.
Writing about magic is harder than writing about spies because you're dealing with something that doesn't really exist.
It is, of course, traditional in children's literature to get rid of the parents.
I hear it still. As I lay down my pen and take to my bed, I am aware of the bow being drawn across the bridge and the music rises into the night sky. It is far away and barely audible - but there it is! A pizzicato. Then a tremelo. The style is unmistakable. It is Sherlock Holmes who is playing. It must be. I hope with all my heart that he is playing for me . . .
Authors have odd relationships with their creations They owe their fame and fortune to their characters but feel enslaved by them.
The birds fly in the wrong places and there are too many stars in the sky.
Freedom of speech is a fundamental human right.
My perfect reader doesn't just read - he or she devours books.
You don't need to be able to string a sentence together in a way that is elegant or even vaguely meaningful to produce a bestseller - as Dan Brown has demonstrated time and again.