Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz is a prolific British author and screenwriter known for his popular young adult fiction. He is best known as the only novelist authorized to write Sherlock Holmes stories by Conan Doyle's estate.
Novelist
April 5, 1955
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69
London, England
Anthony Horowitz, a British author, screenwriter, and television producer, is renowned for his children’s and young adult book series, including Alex Rider, The Diamond Brothers, and The Power of Five. He has also contributed to British television shows such as Foyle’s War and Midsomer Murders. Among his notable works are Magpie Murders, The House of Silk, and The Word Is Murder. Horowitz has received numerous accolades, including an OBE for his services to literature.
His adult works encompass the play Mindgame (2001), two Sherlock Holmes novels, The House of Silk (2011) and Moriarty (2014), two Susan Ryeland detective novels, Magpie Murders (2016) and Moonflower Murders (2020), and four novels featuring a fictionalized version of himself alongside a private investigator. Notably, Horowitz is the only novelist authorized by Conan Doyle’s estate to write Sherlock Holmes stories.
