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| '''Anthony Horowitz''' (born ], ]) is a ] ] and ] ]. His most successful work has included creating and writing the series '']'' for ] and writing several episodes of another ] series, '']''. Both of these are detective murder mystery series. He is also the author of the highly successful '']'' series of adventure novels for children. | |||
| He began writing for television in the ]s, contributing to ]'s anthology series ''Dramarama'', and also writing for the popular fantasy series '']''. His association with murder mysteries began with the adaptation of several ] stories for ]'s popular '']'' series during the ]s. | |||
| Often his work has a comic edge, such as with the comic murder anthology '']'' (], ]), the comedy-drama ''The Last Englishman'' (]), starring ], and his ] book, ''The Killing Joke''. In ] he created a drama anthology series of his own for the ], ''Murder in Mind'', an occasional series which deals with a different set of characters and a different murder every one-hour episode. | |||
| He is also less-favourably known for the creation of two short-lived and generally derided ], '']'' (]) for ] and ''The Vanishing Man'' (pilot ], series ]) for ]. The successful launch of the ]-set detective series ''Foyle's War'' in ] helped to restore his reputation as one of Britain's foremost writers of popular drama. | |||
| He is also the writer of a feature film screenplay, ''The Gathering'', which was released in ] and starred ]. | |||
| Anthony Horowitz also writes the ] books, which are about a 14-year old boy becoming a ]. Currently, there are 6 Alex Rider books ('']'', ''Point Blanc'', ''Skeleton Key'', ''Eagle Strike'', ''Scorpia'' and '']''). The 6th book, ''Ark Angel'', was released on ], ], and ''Stormbreaker'' is currently being adapted into a feature film, with a screenplay by Horowitz. | |||
| His series ''The Diamond Brothers'' is aimed at slightly younger children than the Alex Rider books and consists of: ''The Falcon Malteser'', ''Public Enemy Number Two'' and ''South by South East''. | |||
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