The author and screenwriter, 58, on Foyle's War, being starstruck and why he's grateful to JK Rowling.A writer is over when they think they're perfect. Somtimes you just have to rewrite a book: the new Sherlock Holmes novel wasn't working, so 42,000 words in I'm back to…
There seems to be an award for everything these days - except, of course, one for the best awards ceremony.There are some people I would like to thank for helping me to write this article. First of all, everyone at The Sunday Telegraph – the editors, the proof readers, the lawyers and the…
The annual Audi Hamilton Island Race Week is Australia's largest offshore keelboat regatta; Anthony Horowitz joins its billionaire supporter Bob Oatley for a day at the races.Australian billionaires may not be our favourite kind of people right now, but 84-year-old Bob Oatley (or “Popeye…
Why television appearances are like a Siren's call - irresistible but potentially career-wrecking.Why do people go on television? Actually, that’s not the question that interests me. Why do I go on television? That’s what’s been exercising my mind.Whenever I have a new book out, my…
Can't anyone think of an original way to express simple, heartfelt emotions?Are greetings card shops going to follow Blockbusters and HMV into liquidation? Clinton Cards nearly took a dive last year and was only saved by one of its suppliers. But the rest of them? The thought occurred to me…
Imagine site takeover: Find out who Alex Rider is based on, what it's like to have a book made into a film and much more in Anthony Horowitz's Q+A. Anthony will be appearing at Imagine on Tuesday 19 FebruaryDid anyone inspire you to write when you were at school?I had three brilliant…
After taking on Australia's wild Mary River, Anthony Horowitz finds respite amid the urban pleasures of Darwin.I am on a Panther Airboat , skimming across the flood plains of the Mary River in the Northern Territory of Australia. It’s the same sort of craft they use in the Everglades of…
Well-known contributers reveal where they will be heading in 2013. Here, Anthony Horowitz looks forward to visiting temples and eating sushi in JapanI have never been to Japan and I’m very excited to be heading there in April. I’m celebrating my 25th wedding anniversary and my wife has wanted…
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