Anthony Craig Horowitz is an English novel writer and screenwriter. He has written many children's stories, including The Power of Five, Alex Rider and The Diamond Brothers series and has written over fifty works. He has also written extensively for TV, adapting many of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot stories for the Itv series. He is the creator and author of the Itv series Foyle's War, Midsomer Murders and Collision.
He is not to be confused with the American Pulitizer prize winning journalist and author Tony Horwitz.
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Anthony Horowitz started life in 1956 in Stanmore, Middlesex, into a wealthy Jewish family. He was brought up in a wealthy household and lived an upper-class lifestyle. His dad acted as a fixer for prime minister Harold Wilson. Facing bankruptcy, Horowitz's dad removed his wealth from his bank accounts and hid it under a pen name. He then passed away and the family was never able to track down the missing money despite years of trying. As an overweight and unhappy child, Horowitz enjoyed reading works from his father's library.
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At the age of eight, Horowitz was sent to the boarding colledge Orley Farm in Harrow, Middlesex. There, he entertained his peers by telling them the novels he had read. Horowitz described his time in the colledge as a brutal experience, recalling that he was often whipped by the headmaster. Horowitz adored his mom, who introduced him to Frankenstein and Dracula. She also gave him a human skull for his 13th birthday.
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