Anthony Horowitz, born on 5th April 1956, is one of the UK’s most prolific authors – and is soon to become a household name with what promises to be the publishing event of the year.
For the very first time, the Conan Doyle estate has authorised a new Sherlock Holmes novel, and Anthony Horowitz’s The House of Silk will be published on 1.11.11.
Written by Dr Watson in a retirement home a year after the death of Sherlock Holmes, The House of Silk tells a tale that was, explains Watson, just too shocking and monstrous to reveal until now. “It is no exaggeration to say it could tear apart the very fabric of society”.
At a very healthy 85,000 words, The House of Silk will be published in a large hardback edition, and, following the success of the recent blockbuster film and the contemporary BBC series, seems set to become a publishing sensation.
It is already possible to preorder The House of Silk from Waterstone’s.
Anthony Horowitz’s previous works are many and varied. He is perhaps best known as a children’s author, and his action-adventure spy novels featuring the teenage Alex Rider have proved enormously successful in encouraging reluctant teenage boys to develop an interest in and a love of reading.
He has also written a number of short stories and adult novels, adapted many of Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot novels for the television, created and written the ITV series Foyle’s War, and written most of the early episodes of Midsomer Murders.
Alex Rider series
The Diamond Brothers series
(humorous detective stories for 8-12 year olds)
- The Falcon’s Malteser
- Public Enemy Number Two
- South by South East
- The Blurred Man
- The French Confection
- I Know What You Did Last Wednesday
- The Greek who Stole Christmas
The Power of Five series
(fantasy horror adventure novels for teenagers)