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Anthony Horowitz

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    (April 5, 1955- )
    Born in Stanmore, London, United Kingdom
    Novelist and screenwriter
    Works for children and young adults include the Diamond Brothers series, the Alex Rider series, and the Power of Five series (known as the Gatekeepers series in the US)
    Also wrote the novels 'Magpie Murders' (2016), 'The Word Is Murder' (2017), 'The Sentence Is Death' (2018), 'Moonflower Murders' (2020), 'A Line to Kill' (2021), and 'The Twist of a Knife' (2022)
    Creator and writer for the TV series 'Foyle's War,' 'Collision,' 'Injustice,' and 'New Blood'
    Also wrote for 'Midsommer Murders' and 'Agatha Christie's Poirot'
    Named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to literature (2022)

Why he might be annoying:

    He admitted to being an underachiever in school.
    In financial trouble, his father moved his remaining assets to numbered Swiss bank accounts shortly before dying from cancer. Anthony and the rest of the family were never able to track down the money.
    He used to smoke when he needed a break from writing: 'A cigarette was a great way to reflect on what I'd done. Unfortunately, it was also killing me.'
    He made himself a main character (alongside fictional detective Daniel Hawthorne) in a series of mysteries.
    He drew a lot of flack for describing Idris Elba as 'too street' to portray James Bond (2015).

Why he might not be annoying:

    His 'The House of Silk' (2014) was the first new Sherlock Holmes novel to be endorsed by the estate of Arthur Conan Doyle.
    He was chosen by the estate of Ian Fleming to write a series of James Bond novels based on Fleming's unpublished materials: 'Trigger Mortis' (2015), 'Forever and a Day' (2018), and 'With a Mind to Kill' (2022).
    He is a patron of the child protection charity Kidscape and the family support charity Home-Start.
    Readers and critics noticed several similarities between his fantasy novel 'Groosham Grange' (1988) and the Harry Potter series, but his only response has been to thank J.K. Rowling for her contributions to young adult fiction.
    He said 'street' had been a clumsy choice of words, adding 'I am mortified to have caused offense.'
    Supporting his claim that he not meant anything racial by 'street,' in the interview where he dismissed Idris Elba, he suggested that another black actor, Adrian Lester of 'Hustle,' had the suaveness to portray Bond.

Credit: C. Fishel


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