Anthony Horowitz
The UK's most popular boys' author.
Born in North London, Anthony was just 23 when his first novel, Enter Frederick K Bower, was published in 1979. But it was in 2000 that the Horowitz phenomenon really exploded, with his creation of Alex Rider, the reluctant teenage superspy. Rider's first outing, Stormbreaker, was brought to the big screen in 2006, and the first three titles in the series - Stormbreaker, Point Blanc and Skeleton Key - are now available as graphic novels.
Anthony enjoys parallel success as an award-winning screenwriter. He is the writer/creator behind Midsomer Murders and the BAFTA award-winning Foyle's War. 2009 saw Anthony's five-part drama, Collision hit ITV1's prime-time schedules. Anthony is a regular guest critic on BBC TV's Newsnight Review and writes journalism on a wide range of issues for a variety of national newspapers, as well as a regular opinion column for The Bookseller.
More recently, Anthony penned the Sherlock Holmes mystery The House of Silk.
Fact file
Name: Anthony Horowitz
Education: University of York
Born: North London
Current home: London and Orford
Awards: Red House Children's Book Award 2003 for Alex Rider: Skeleton Key; British Book Awards 2006 - Children's Book of the Year for Alex Rider: Ark Angel; British Book Awards 2007 - Author of the Year
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Oblivion
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Having escaped from Hong Kong, the five gatekeepers - Matt, Pedro, Scott, Jamie and Scarlett - are scattered in a hostile and dangerous world. As they struggle to re-group and plan their next move, the malevolent King of the Old Ones gathers his...
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Oblivion
Oblivion is the final installment in the Power of Five series by Anthony Horowitz which follows a group of fourteen-year-old children who are destined to defeat mystical entities known only as the Old Ones.
Having escaped from Hong Kong, the five gatekeepers - Matt, Pedro, Scott, Jamie and Scarlett - are scattered in a hostile and dangerous world. As they struggle to re-group and plan their next move, the malevolent King of the Old Ones gathers his forces in Oblivion: a desolate landscape where the last survivors of humanity must fight the ultimate battle.
