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He escapes three years later, at nineteen years old, and joins Scorpia where he is hesitant to kill. He meets John Rider, Alex’s father, a fellow Scorpia recruit who becomes his friend and mentor. What is the 12 Alex Rider book? News – Nightrise, Walker Books and Snakehead". anthonyhorowitz.com. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011 . Retrieved 10 June 2012. In January 2022, Horowitz indicated that he hopes to start writing a fourteenth novel sometime later in the year. The first novel, Stormbreaker, was released in the United Kingdom in the year 2000 and was adapted into a film in 2006, starring Alex Pettyfer. I'd really not got on with the Anthony Horowitz books I'd read up until this one, but because he seems to be one of the few authors my 8-year-old son will let me read to him, I've had to persist - and whatever I may think of Horowitz, I have to give him credit for helping prevent my son being completely turned off reading! Horowitz, Anthony. "The Greek Who Stole Christmas". Red House Books. Archived from the original on 9 November 2007.

Taking a more horror slanted angle, this book was initially released in 2005 on the 1st of June in the United States by Anthony Horowitz. Combining both fantasy and horror, it was to set-up ‘The Power of Five’ series creating an overall arc and tone for the books. Having a graphic-novel adaptation as well in 2010, its popularity has continued to endure since it was first published. Poisoned Pen (2002; never published in the UK but released as El asesinato de Shakespeare in Spanish and William S. in Dutch) a b Elkin, Michael (12 October 2006). "Horowitz ... Anthony Horowitz – After a childhood shaken and stirred, the writer bonds with film fans". The Jewish Exponent. Archived from the original on 12 January 2008 . Retrieved 24 April 2015. Sometime before the new millennium, Horowitz attempted to reach out to an adult audience with a novel called Poisoned Pen. The novel is based around Martin Holland, who is a childhood friend of a 21st century incarnation of William Shakespeare. In the novel, William Shakespeare is reimagined as a Hollywood screenwriter who is murdered in a set of circumstances that Martin Holland finds rather odd, despite attempts from a Los Angeles detective to dissuade him. The novel follows Martin's attempts to solve the ever-growing mystery through a series of rather unusual circumstances and a number of people who seem rather glad that Shakespeare was murdered. The novel has never been published in the UK or even in English, but copies in Spanish and Dutch have been released (retitled as El asesinato de Shakespeare and William S. respectively). [26] As of June 2021, despite Horowitz's recent successes in adult literature, there are no plans to get the novel republished. The estate of James Bond creator Ian Fleming also chose Horowitz to write Bond novels utilising unpublished material by Fleming, starting with Trigger Mortis in 2015, followed by Forever and a Day in 2018, and a third and final novel With a Mind to Kill in May 2022.Born on the the 5th of April, 1955, Anthony Horowitz had a British upbringing after being born and raised in the area of Stanmore in Middlesex. Enjoying the privileges of a wealthy childhood, he gained a first class education, thus paving the way for him to become a successful writer. Despite this he suffered a lot of unhappiness and would constantly be found reading as a way of escape. It was at thirteen whilst attending Rugby School that he discovered his true passion for writing as a means for expressing himself. Later graduating from the University of York, he gained himself a degree in art history and English literature during the year of 1977. This all helped him to provide an academic study of the form, thus inspiring his work that was to come later on, along with the experience he gained over the years as well. Horowitz, Anthony. "Anthony Horowitz – About Anthony". AnthonyHorowitz.com. Archived from the original on 16 December 2008 . Retrieved 6 December 2008. A third Bond novel by Anthony Horowitz to come in 2022". Ian Fleming. 28 May 2021 . Retrieved 28 May 2021. This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately.

Purdon, Fiona (14 November 2008). "Anthony Horowitz has lost his role models for Alex Rider". The Courier-Mail. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012 . Retrieved 6 December 2008.

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Horowitz's mother introduced him to Frankenstein and Dracula. She gave him a human skull for his 13th birthday. Horowitz said in an interview that it reminds him to get to the end of each story since he will soon look like the skull. [9] In 2002, Horowitz created the series Foyle's War, a historically-themed detective series set during and after the Second World War. The series became the longest-running among Horowitz's television projects, with a total of 28 episodes broadcast over 8 series between 2002 and 2015. Even though Tad started off unlikeable, he changed for the better as he spent more time in Bob's shoes (literally). The character development was well done in the sense that it was believable and gradual. In the meantime, the way their lives eventually intersected once more was interesting. Several other characters were mildly fleshed out so no one was really wholly "good" or "bad". The ending wasn't exactly expected but it was fitting for the story.

In October 2014, the estate of Ian Fleming commissioned Horowitz to write a James Bond novel, Trigger Mortis, which was released in 2015. It was followed by a second novel, Forever and A Day, which came out on 31 May 2018. [40] A third novel entitled With a Mind to Kill was announced in May 2021 and will be released in May 2022. [41] Horowitz is the only author in recent years to have been invited by Ian Fleming Publications to write successive, official James Bond novels.

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Horowitz devised the 2009 ITV crime drama Collision and co-wrote the screenplay with Michael A. Walker. RED (2012; with Cecelia Ahern, Rachel Cusk, Emma Donoghue, Max Hastings, Victoria Hislop, Hanif Kureishi, Andrew Motion and Will Self)