Anthony Horowitz, OBE, is a distinguished English novelist and screenwriter known for his mastery in mystery and suspense genres. Specializing in creating narratives that captivate both children and young adults, Horowitz has developed iconic series such as the Alex Rider series, which follows a 14-year-old British boy working for MI6, and The Power of Five series, internationally recognized as The Gatekeepers in the US.

His contributions to literature extend to adults with works including the play Mindgame (2001); two Sherlock Holmes novels, The House of Silk (2011) and Moriarty (2014); novels featuring his own detective, Susan Ryeland, with Magpie Murders (2016) and Moonflower Murders (2020); and a series featuring a fictionalized version of himself alongside private investigator Daniel Hawthorne. This series includes titles such as The Word Is Murder (2017), The Sentence Is Death (2018), A Line to Kill (2021), The Twist of a Knife (2022), and the anticipated Close to Death (2024).

Selected by the estate of James Bond creator Ian Fleming, Horowitz was entrusted to extend the Bond legacy with novels like Trigger Mortis (2015), Forever and a Day (2018), and With a Mind to Kill (2022), utilizing unpublished material by Fleming himself.

Horowitz's screenwriting credits are equally impressive, contributing to ITV's Agatha Christie's Poirot, and adapting Midsomer Murders from the novels of Caroline Graham. He is the creative force behind acclaimed TV series such as Foyle's War, Collision, and Injustice, along with the BBC series Crime Traveller and New Blood.

With a career spanning decades, Horowitz has firmly established himself as a cornerstone of contemporary British literature and television, earning him recognition and respect worldwide.