Anthony Horowitz is an English novelist and television writer.
His novels include the
Alex Rider series,
The Power Of Five series, the
Diamond Brothers series, and
Groosham Grange and its sequel, as well as stand-alone novels including
The Devil and his Boy.
He created the popular television series
Foyle's War and the rather less popular
Crime Traveller, which functioned as a
Genre Killer for UK
Science Fiction television in the 1990s and early 2000s. Other series he has worked on include
Robin of Sherwood,
Poirot,
Murder Most Horrid and
Midsomer Murders.
He has recently been tapped by the estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to
write a new
Sherlock Holmes book, and is also scheduled to write the screenplay for the second
The Adventures of Tintin movie.