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Tintin is one of his heroes. edit »
He has said that he has sold a body part for medical research, but hasn't classified which part! edit »
He has stated that the upcoming Power of Five book, Necropolis: City of Dead is his darkest book ever! edit »
Anthony has a Labrador dog named Lucky, who has been run over 3 times. That is why he is named Lucky. edit »
He wrote two books called Horowitz Horror and More Horowitz Horror that became smaller books. edit »
It is said that his name is for the fact he uses a mixture of horror and wit. edit »
Anthony claims to have bathed with a teacher! edit »
His least favorite subject was French. edit »
Anthony has won the Children's Book of the Yeard and Red House Children's Book Awards for his Alex Rider books. edit »
His family has a dog called Loser. edit »
He made a brief appearance in the Stormbreaker movie as a fisherman. edit »
He is married to television producer Jill Green. edit »
Anthony has two sons: Cassian and Nicolas. edit »
Anthony has written children's books The Switch, Granny, Groosham Grange and a sequel to that book. edit »
He has written three books in The Power of Five series entitled Raven's Gate, Evil Star and Night Rise. edit »
His favourite book is Stormbreaker. edit »
He attended the Queen's birthday celebrations last year. edit »
Anthony disliked his college. edit »
Anthony says he'll have trouble writing the script for the second Alex Rider movie Point Blanc as some things he won't be able to do. edit »
Claims he based his book "Granny" of his own grandmother. edit »
Anthony writes in a comfortable shed in his garden for up to ten hours per day. edit »
Anthony's mother gave him a human skull for his 13th birthday. edit »
Anthony has been writing since the age of eight, and professionally since the age of twenty. edit »
Anthony's first novel was "Enter Frederick K. Bower", published in 1979 when Anthony was twenty three years old. edit »
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. edit »

Anthony: I loved [The Chronicles of Narnia and Lord of the Rings] when I was growing up and always wanted to write an epic fantasy series... but one set in the real world. edit »
Anthony: My books don't really have messages. I think a lot of my heroes find themselves forced into situations that are out of their control - Alex Rider, too, is a reluctant spy. It's their nature to do good. That's why they're heroes. But they don't set out to save the world.
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Anthony:I think the only thing to do with money is spend it. edit »
Anthony: Never trust a man who has more hair growing out of his nose than his head! edit »
(On Snakehead)
Anthony: It's been two years since I wrote an Alex Rider book and I've loved returning to the series. I'm quite certain this is going to be the best one yet. edit »
(On The Power of Five)
Anthony: Would it be possible to write something like The Lord of the Rings - but to set it here, now, in the real world. Why do so much fantasy have to be so foreign? Why do you have to invent places such as Narnia or Middle Earth? Isn't it more exciting to imagine these great battles with all their magic and mystery happening in the very high street were you live... just out of the corner of your eye? edit »
(Talking about J.K.Rowling)
Anthony: She's a very lovely lady, absolutely great. But you just can't help wondering how she carries 2 million quid around in her pocket. edit »
(Talking about J.K.Rowling)
Anthony: She's a very lovely lady, absolutely great. But you just can't help wondering how she carries 2 million quid around in her pocket. edit »
(On a tour in New Zealand)
Anthony: I might talk about sex and drugs, but I'm British, I don't know any better! edit »
Anthony: (On his interests) Cinema, theatre, gym, walking my chocolate Labrador who is the centre of my life. I also collect curious mechanical toys. I enjoy travel as well as reading. By the age of eight I knew that I wanted to be a writer. edit »
Anthony: I like awards when they are judged by kids. I never win when adults judge them. edit »
Anthony: I always liked reading. It was my biggest escape. edit »
Anthony: I think the only thing to do with money is spend it. edit »
Anthony: It's strange. Years ago I sat in a room and wrote a book and suddenly it's like I'm Richard Branson... sitting in the middle of a huge business that's all over the world. edit »
Anthony: (About his upcoming book, "Snakehead") The book includes time travel, some very bloody battle scenes, a prison breakout, a torture scene, several monsters and a re-appearance by a villan from the last book. edit »
Anthony: Once the headmaster [of my boarding school, Orley Farm,] told me to stand up in assembly and in front of the whole school said, 'This boy is so stupid he will not be coming to Christmas games tomorrow.' I have never totally recovered. edit »
Anthony: Family meals had calories running into the thousands� I was an astoundingly large, round child� edit »
Anthony: My sister and I danced on [my grandmother's] grave when she died. edit »
Anthony: Bond had his cocktails, the car and the clothes. Kids are just as picky. It's got to be the right Nike trainers, the right skateboard. And I genuinely think that 14-year-olds are the coolest people on the planet. It's this wonderful, golden age, just on the cusp of manhood when everything seems possible. edit »
Anthony: It's strange. Years ago I sat in a room and wrote a book and suddenly it's like I'm Richard Branson... sitting in the middle of a huge business that's all over the world. edit »
Anthony: One of the great things about working on a movie is, as the author, you are not in control of it. edit »
Anthony: You have to be true to the spirit, if not to the actual letter, of the book. edit »
Anthony: Sometimes with adaptations you go round and round in circles and you end up biting your own tail. edit »