My favourite author happens to be... OK.. TAKE A GUESS....Not John Grogan (OK John is my second favourite author)..Not Stephenie Meyer either. Ok I'll tell you myself-It is Anthony Horowitz... Horowitz began his most famous and successful series in the new millennium with the Alex Riderspy. He is a member of MI6. Currently, there are eight Alex Rider books: Stormbreaker (2000), Point Blanc (2001), Skeleton Key (2002), Eagle Strike (2003), Scorpia (2004) Ark Angel (2005) , Snakehead (2007) and Crocodile Tears (2009). The seventh Alex Rider novel, Snakehead, was released on 31 October 2007, and the eighth, Crocodile Tears, was released in the UK on 12 November 2009. There are plans for two further Alex Rider books, Yassen and Scorpia Rising. novels. These books are about a 14-year-old boy becoming a
In 2003 Horowitz also wrote six novels featuring the Diamond Brothers: The Falcon's Malteser Public Enemy Number Two (1987), South By South East (1991/2001), The Blurred Man (2003), The French Confection (2003), I Know What You Did Last Wednesday (2003). The author information page in early editions of Scorpia and the introduction to Three of DiamondsRadius of the Lost Shark (2010). However, this book has not been mentioned since, so it is doubtful it is still planned. A new Diamond Brothers "short" book entitled The Greek who Stole Christmas (2008) was later released. It is hinted at the end of The Greek who Stole Christmas that Radius of the Lost Shark may turn out to be the eighth book in the series. (1986/96), claimed that Horowitz had travelled to Australia to research a new Diamond Brothers book, entitled
In August 2005, Horowitz released a book called Raven's Gate which began another series entitled The Power of Five (The Gatekeepers in the United States). He describes it as "Alex Rider with witches and devils".The second book in the series, Evil Star, was released in April 2006. The third in the series is called Nightrise, and was released on 2 April 2007. The fourth book Necropolis was released in October 2008.
The Power of Five is a rewritten, modern version of the Pentagram series from the 1980s.Although Pentagram required five books for story development, Horowitz completed only four: The Devil's Door-bell (Raven's Gate), The Night of the Scorpion (Evil Star), The Silver Citadel (Nightrise) and Day of the Dragon (Necropolis). Horowitz was clearly aiming for the same audience that read the Alex Rider novels with these rewrites, and The Power of Five has gained more public recognition than his earlier works, earning number 1 in the top 10 book chart.
Some of his other teen novels were Enter Frederick K Bower (1978), The Sinister Secret of Frederick K Bower (1979) ,Misha, the Magician and the Mysterious Amulet (1981), Robin of Sherwood: The Hooded Man (1986), Adventurer (1987), New Adventures of William Tell (1987), Starting Out (1990), Granny (1994), The Switch (1996) and The Devil And His Boy (1998), Half-Life (2001)
He wrote the screenplay for Alex Rider's first major motion picture, Stormbreaker staring Alex Pettyfer.
His style of writing actually varies with different series....His writing style always fits the plot of his stories...like he wrote the diamond brothers with a lot of foreshadowing by the narrator which somehow invokes the mood of those black and white detective shows where the detective always wears a trench coat. :)
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