Anthony Horowitz is a prolific writer for film, TV and the theatre, as well as of children's books. He always wanted to be a writer and, on his eighth birthday, asked for a typewriter, pens and paper.

One of the things that made him want to be a writer was going to a really horrible school, where he was so unhappy that the only escape was through reading and writing. Anthony's horrible school and his unhappy childhood feature in many of his books: Groosham Grange is like his old school; he was a bit like Tad Spencer; and the mean old granny in Granny is not all that different from his own granny who he once described as 'a real old crow'!

He has always enjoyed watching television. He loves writing scripts for Agatha Christie's Poirot detective series and other TV series such as Murder Most Horrid and Crime Traveller.

Whoever he is writing for, Anthony always tells exciting stories which are full of action and very funny.