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  Anthony Horowitz - Penguin Group (New Zealand) Authors - Penguin Group (New Zealand)
Anthony Horowitz's life might have been copied from the pages of Charles Dickens or the Brothers Grimm.
Born in 1956 in Stanmore, Middlesex, to a family of wealth and status, Anthony was raised by nannies, surrounded by servants and chauffeurs.
Anthony Horowitz is perhaps the busiest writer in England.
www.penguin.co.nz /nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000015379,00.html   (652 words)

  
 Anthony Horowitz visits Feltonfleet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Children’s author, Anthony Horowitz and child actor Alex Pettyfer, who is playing the lead part of Alex Rider in the new film ‘Stormbreaker’ visited Feltonfleet School in Cobham on Friday.
Anthony gave a talk on his books and writing and then he and Alex signed the pupils own copies as well as the selection held in the School’s library and answered lots of questions by the fascinated pupils.
Anthony Horowitz was born in North London in 1955.
www.feltonfleet.co.uk /anthonyhorowitzv.html   (202 words)

  
 Teenreads.com -- Author Profile: Anthony Horowitz
Anthony knew he wanted to be a writer from the age of eight and after graduating from the University of York he was published for the first time when he was just 23.
Horowitz discusses how his predecessors in the epic fantasy genre have influenced him, the introduction of a female heroine in upcoming books, and the direction in which the series is headed.
Horowitz talks about the important contributions his two sons have made to his work, explains the similarities and differences between writing television scripts and producing fiction for young people, and lets readers know what he has in store for future books in THE GATEKEEPERS series.
www.teenreads.com /authors/au-horowitz-anthony.asp   (3349 words)

  
 Anthony Horowitz Photos - Anthony Horowitz News - Anthony Horowitz Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Anthony was born in Stanmore, Middlesex on April 5, 1956.
Anthony Horowitz says he got the ideas for all the gadgets in his "Alex Rider" books from poking around his son's room and finding things that would make good devices.
Anthony: One of the great things about working on a movie is, as the author, you are not in control of it.
www.tv.com /anthony-horowitz/person/110796/summary.html   (366 words)

  
 Anthony Horowitz
Horowitz's mother was an interesting character too - she gave him a human skull for his 13th birthday.
His writings are highly readable, and Anthony Horowitz claims that he has been described as a writer for boys who don't like to read.
Horowitz has written professionally since he was 20, but he received numerous rejections before his first book, Enter Frederick K Bower, was published when he was 23 - one publisher accidentally sent him a note meant for internal consumption that said: "this book is poorly written trash..."
www.biogs.com /authors/horowitz.html   (301 words)

  
 Horowitz ... Anthony Horowitz | The Jewish Exponent
Horowitz, whose "Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker" breaks nationwide on Friday, Oct. 13, is a brainy Brit whose brash young star is a novel take on the teen-spy syndrome.
And at the wheel of Rider is Horowitz, a self-proclaimed James Bond admirer whose personal story is a chapter in self-fulfillment, using his writing talents as an escape clause from dreariness and dreaded schoolmasters with whips in hand whom he outwitted.
Raised "in a Jewish enclave," the young Horowitz was horrified at the hurt he endured at a boarding school he attended for a number of years beginning at age 8.
www.jewishexponent.com /article/10950   (1081 words)

  
 Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz is one of the most popular authors.
Horowitz has written lots of books for children, including the best selling Alex Rider series and the Diamond Brother mysteries.
Anthony Horowitz knew he wanted to be an author scince the age of 8.
anthonyhorowitz.tripod.com   (1008 words)

  
 EXCLUSIVE: Anthony Horowitz On Writing Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker
Anthony Horowitz: I think finding the voice of the film, which took me about three drafts to really get the right tone, to drop stuff that was too silly, and fine tuning stuff.
Anthony Horowitz: The only storyline I took was the Sabina Pleasure one, and I do regret now putting her in the film; I didn’t mind having a girl in the film, but in retrospect, it was probably a mistake taking someone from a third book.
Anthony Horowitz: No, the only thing that I thought was wrong was Alex riding the horse; Alex doesn’t ride – it’s the one skill he definitely does not have, and I don’t think clutching onto Sabina, or being carried is quite the thing for a boy hero.
www.jewreview.net /article.php?id=642   (1490 words)

  
 Amanda Craig - Journalism
For Anthony Horowitz, who published his first children’s novel at 23 and has written over 23 books while simultaneously becoming one of Britain’s leading TV scriptwriters, is himself something of a hero.
The Gathering, Horowitz’s horror-film starring Christina Ricci, is finally coming out this summer, and he has just been signed up for $1 million to write a new fantasy series currently titled Raven’s Gate which he describes as “Stephen King for kids”.
Horowitz researches the technology and stunts meticulously, from operating a 150-metre crane for Point Blank to the deadly nanotechnology used in Scorpia.
www.amandacraig.com /pages/journalism/anthony_horowitz.htm   (1184 words)

  
 Moviehole.net - Interview : Anthony Horowitz
His answers are sharp and to the point, but the creator of teenage secret agent Alex Rider has had plenty of practice in speaking about his young hero, both as the writer of the series of novels featuring the character and as the screenwriter of Rider’s first big-screen adventure.
But even though Horowitz did stay on board in an effort to maintain some faithfulness to the original text, the machinations of the motion-picture industry saw a few major alterations made.
Horowitz and the filmmakers had to walk a fine line in bringing 'Stormbreaker' to the screen, calibrating the stunts, spectacle and action just right so they wouldn’t turn off young viewers or alienate their parents.
www.moviehole.net /interviews/20060907_interview_anthony_horowitz.html   (790 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Eagle Strike (Alex Rider Adventure): Books: Anthony Horowitz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Anthony Horowitz's enormously popular series about the world’s premier teenage spy, returns for another round with secret agent Alex Rider fighting ingenious villains and charming every girl he meets.
Anthony Horowitz is a master of pacing, and as Alex swings from one cliff-hanging chapter to the next, Horowitz proves that you don’t have to be Shakespeare to pen a crackerjack plot!
Horowitz shows a lot of expression toward the main characters they are very detailed and there are no flaws everything fits like a big puzzle.
www.amazon.com /Eagle-Strike-Alex-Rider-Adventure/dp/0399239790   (1739 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Devil and His Boy: Books: Anthony Horowitz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Horowitz paints his characters, or in some cases, caricatures, with broad strokes and keeps the melodramatic story moving at a rapid clip.
Characterizations are thin, but Horowitz provides plenty of action and, to his credit, does not try to pretty up Elizabethan life for his audience: Tom's legs are almost cut off by a Faginlike character who wants to make him into a beggar boy; other dirty and disfigured characters are described in detail.
Horowitz exaggerates some of the nastier aspects of Elizabethan society to the point of caraciture, but it doesn't work -- he presents nothing truly horrifying.
www.amazon.com /Devil-His-Boy-Anthony-Horowitz/dp/0698119134   (2299 words)

  
 Anthony Horowitz - Walker Books
Born in north London, Anthony says, "I think I knew with certainty that I wanted to be a writer around eight." For birthdays, he asked for books, pens and a typewriter.
Anthony lives in north London with his wife Jill Green, a TV producer, and their sons Nicholas and Cassian.
Anthony's supernatural series, Power of Five, which begins with Raven's Gate, was inspired by a simple thought.
www.walkerbooks.co.uk /Anthony-Horowitz   (647 words)

  
 C4 - BookBox - Authors - Biography of Anthony Horowitz - Non Flash   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Anthony Horowitz is a prolific writer for film, TV and the theatre, as well as of children's books.
Anthony's horrible school and his unhappy childhood feature in many of his books: Groosham Grange is like his old school; he was a bit like Tad Spencer; and the mean old granny in Granny is not all that different from his own granny who he once described as 'a real old crow'!
Whoever he is writing for, Anthony always tells exciting stories which are full of action and very funny.
www.channel4.com /learning/microsites/B/bookbox/authors/horowitz/index1.htm   (175 words)

  
 ttgapers store - USA - Falcon's Malteser (Diamond Brothers Mysteries) - Anthony Horowitz - Product Details :: ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Anthony Horowitz describes everything perfect, he goes into full depth of all the characters, and describes the conflicts very well.
Anthony Horowitz wrote this novel so good, if he took it any further he would've ruined the book, even though the ending frustrated me a little.
Horowitz has struck gold once again and this is sure to be another popular series for teens who enjoy buckets loads of laughs, thrills, chills, and mystery.
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 famous favorite authors: Anthony horowitz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Anthony was born in North London in 1955.
Anthony Horowitz is the author of the suspenseful Alex rider series.
One of the things that encouraged him to be an author was his really horrible school, where he was so unhappy that the only escape from educational torture was reading and writing.
www.howard.k12.md.us /gtp/mm/favauthors/horowitz.html   (131 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Stormbreaker (Alex Rider 1): Books: Anthony Horowitz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Anthony Horowitz is, you could say, just another great author of children's books.
A word to those who say Horowitz is unoriginal - he makes no secret of being a fan of Fleming's early Bond books, and he always says that the more you read, the better you'll write.
Horowitz uses rhetorical questions and short sentences to make the story flow beautifully and fits perfectly into the action genre, combining the high action scenes with the emotional situations which Alex is put through.
www.amazon.co.uk /Stormbreaker-Alex-Rider-Anthony-Horowitz/dp/1844280926   (1423 words)

  
 Anthony Horowitz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anthony Horowitz (born April 5, 1955) is an English author and television scriptwriter.
It and its sequel star a thirteen year-old "witch" (based on the myth of the seventh child of a seventh child), David Eliot.
Horowitz planned to travel to such places as Australia and Thailand in research for the novel in late 2006.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anthony_Horowitz   (1506 words)

  
 Anthony Horowitz - Moviefone
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About Anthony Horowitz Anthony's first novel was Enter Frederick K. Bower, published in 1979 when Anthony was just 23.
Anthony Horowitz - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Anthony Horowitz Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
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 Amazon.fr : Raven's Gate: Livres en anglais: Anthony Horowitz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Grade 9 Up-At the outset of this first book in Anthony Horowitz's latest series (Scholastic, 2005), 14-year-old Matt is arrested at the scene of an electronics warehouse break-in.
Horowitz's Alex Rider books presented the boy against the system of national espionage.
Horowitz, fresh off his success with his Alex Rider series, ratchets things up a notch with the first in the Gatekeepers series about five young people who must save the world from evil.
www.amazon.fr /Ravens-Gate-Anthony-Horowitz/dp/0439680093   (565 words)

  
 Horowitz, Anthony - Questions, Answers, Fun Facts, Information
I know that Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins both starred in "Silence of the Lambs" and "Hannibal" but there is a third movie.
Anthony and Cleopatra were lying dead on the floor of an empty villa.
Does anyone know the name of Carla's other child on "Cheers?" She had eight and I know seven of their names which are: Anthony, Seraphina, Gino, Anne-Marie, Ludlow, and the twins Jessie and Elvis.
www.funtrivia.com /en/ForChildren/Horowitz-Anthony-12603.html   (1398 words)

  
 The Watts Publishing Group. Orchard Books, Anthony Horowitz Information page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Anthony Horowitz was born in 1955 and sent to Orley Farm, a particularly vicious boy's preparatory school in North London, which gave him his first taste of horror.
The stories are also available individually as Pocket Horowitz paperbacks.
Anthony lives in North London with his wife and two sons, Nicholas and Cassian.
www.orchardbooks.co.uk /ahoroob.htm   (161 words)

  
 Amazon.de: Stormbreaker: English Books: Anthony Horowitz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
When his guardian and uncle, Ian, is mysteriously killed, Alex discovers that his uncle was not the bank vice-president he purported to be, but rather a spy for the British government.
Inspired by James Bond and his own opulent but lonely boarding school upbringing, Horowitz thoughtfully balances Alex's super-spy finesse with typical teen insecurities to create a likable hero living a fantasy come true.
But Horowitz is not a novelist, not by a long shot.
www.amazon.de /Stormbreaker-Anthony-Horowitz/dp/1844289095   (928 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Scorpia: Books: Anthony Horowitz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Anthony Horowitz has created a new world of reading - a bored daydreaming schoolboys fantasy.
Unfortunately however Horowitz does try to cram a lot into a little space and never really gives the reader a rest to really think about the clues dropped off and just relax a bit away from the plot.
Also a couple of things that were built up during the story were given a rather disappointing end.
www.amazon.co.uk /Scorpia-Anthony-Horowitz/dp/0744583233   (1089 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Scorpia: An Alex Rider Adventure (Alex Rider Adventure): Books: Anthony Horowitz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Horowitz combines in this Alex Rider tale much emotion and I really felt Alex come alive as a character to his full extent.
Horowitz is definitely writing these books with a bow to Ian Fleming.
Yet, Anthony Horowitz is very descriptive when it comes to action chapters.
www.amazon.com /gp/product/B000HT2PIE   (2021 words)

  
 Anthony Horowitz - playwright
To search for all published plays by Anthony Horowitz click on one of the bookstore links above.
Anthony Horowitz is best known for such television programmes as Poirot, Murder Most Horrid, and Midsomer Murders - for wich he has written many episodes.
He is also a well-known children's author with a dozen books including two collections of horror stories to his name.
www.doollee.com /PlaywrightsH/horowitz-anthony.html   (246 words)

  
 Anthony Horowitz books reviews
In the book Point Blank, by Anthony Horowitz, a 14 year old secret agent named Alex Rider who works for London's M-16 is sent on a very dangerous undercover mission.
He sits in a room and is told to search the co...
Anthony Horowitz 12/24/2006 11:09:16 AM Talk about the novels, new and used books that Horowitz has written!
www.allreaders.com /topics/Topic_14480.asp   (340 words)

  
 Anthony Horowitz - Alex Rider
Anthony's first novel was Enter Frederick K. Bower, published in 1979 when Anthony was just 23.
He created Foyle's War and the popular series Midsomer Murders and has also worked on Agatha Christie's Poirot and Murder Most Horrid.
Anthony's phenomenally successful series of books about teen superspy Alex Rider have delighted children all over the world, and in 2003, Anthony was delighted to win the Red House Children's Book Award for Skeleton Key as it was voted for entirely by children.
www.anthonyhorowitz.com /alexrider   (247 words)

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