Trivia

Is a big fan of Alfred Hitchcock, and his books will often allude to Hitchcock's work.

He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2014 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to Literature. He is an author and screenwriter in London, England.

Although Horowitz has written several Alex Rider books, the first one Stormbreaker is currently the only one to have been adapted into a blockbuster movie, in 2006.

His wife Jill Green is a TV producer.

In his novel Oblivion, he mentions James Bond, an obvious in-joke because this is an influence on his teen spy Alex Rider series, but he remarks that things are never that simple; Horowitz also includes Bond's famous car, the Aston Martin which debuted in Goldfinger (1964). Ironically, he would write a James Bond novel Trigger Mortis, which he make take place two weeks after the Goldfinger novel, and bring back the leading lady Pussy Galore.

Interviews experts and visits places used in his books to give them more credibility, even the Alex Rider series about a 14-year old spy working for MI6.

Author of Alex Rider schoolboy-spy novels ("Stormbreaker", "Point Blanc" etc.)

A No 1 best selling author, his Alex Rider book Snakehead was a No 1 best seller. His Power of Five and Alex Rider books are both No 1 best-selling series enjoyed by millions of readers worldwide.

One of the most popular contemporary children's authors, he is hailed as a reading hero and won many major awards, including the Bookseller Association/Nielsen author of the year award, children's book of the year award at the British book awards, and the Red House Children's book award.

Has written for children and adults and had great success either way, like his highly acclaimed Sherlock Holmes novel, The House of Silk.

The British newspaper The Independent described him as "a forceful and passionate writer".

He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2022 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to literature. He is a novelist in London, Greater London, England.

His Foyle's War is an award winning series.

In his novel Oblivion, he paraphrases lines from the movies The Terminator (1984), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) (come with me if you want to live) and Apollo 13 (1995) (failure is not an option).

His Young Adult fiction can be enjoyed by adults too. He has written several Young Adult novels; they're adult in tone and even have casual swearing.

At Lovereading4kids.co.uk, people can offer their opinions on his work, even children.

Is considered a master of narrative suspense, and balances imagination with horror, satire, cruelty and kindness.

Publishes most of his novels through Walker books.

Owns a dog Limpy with his wife Jill Green.

Has also written The Diamond Brothers books and other Young Adult novels.

Fellow author Frank Cottrell Boyce is a big fan of Horowitz; he wrote of his novel Oblivion that "this book is ambitious in a way that puts most adult novels to shame".

In his novel Oblivion, one of the characters reads his life story in a library, like out of The NeverEnding Story (1984).

His awards include children's book of the year at the British Book Awards, and the Red House children's book award.

In his novel Oblivion, he has one of the characters doubtful of a God, which is an odd thing to read in a Young Adult novel.

Two of his novels, Oblivion and Crocodile Tears have teen characters that gamble away money from the villain of the story.

Even though Russian Roulette is an Alex Rider book, the character barely appears.