Alex Rider #8: Crocodile Tears Award-winning author by Anthony Horowitz (author)

Author/Illustrator

Anthony Horowitz

Anthony Horowitz started writing because he wanted to be like Tintin. He has now travelled to all the places that Tintin has been – apart from the moon!

His Alex Rider series is one of the most popular children’s book series ever, and the first Alex Rider book, Stormbreaker, became a major Hollywood film. In 2003, Anthony won the Red House Children’s Book Award (voted for by children) for Skeleton Key.

He is also the author of the highly acclaimed Diamond Brothers detective stories, as well as the bestselling The Power of Five books, which were inspired by a simple thought. “Isn’t it more exciting to imagine these great battles with all their magic and mystery happening in the very high street where you live, just out of the corner of your eye?”

Anthony lives in central London with his wife Jill Green, a TV producer, and their sons Nicholas and Cassian. His whole family gets involved in his writing. Jill has produced several of Anthony’s scripts, including the drama serial Foyle’s War, which won the Lew Grade Audience Award in 2003. His son Cassian is already a seasoned actor, having appeared in three of his shows, and Nicholas, his oldest son, has helped Anthony to research the Alex Rider books by trying his hand at everything from scuba-diving to snowboarding and surfing!

In 2013, Anthony was awarded an OBE for services to literature..

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1. Spidergirl
   on 9 March 2014

   Scary front page But a great book

   5 out of 5

2. crazykitty
   on 8 March 2014

   I love anthony horrowitz books they are realy good I wish could be part of a spy group Ive always wanted to be a spy like alex rider

3. heart29
   on 5 March 2014

   Absolutely loved this book :-)

   5 out of 5

4. Nashdasher
   on 7 March 2013

   I love this Alex Rider book. Full of suspense and action

   5 out of 5

5. ninjastickman
   on 5 March 2013

   When Alex Rider is confronted by Leonard Staik the owner of greenfields the genetic crop growers he is ready with a pencil case crammed full of gadgets. But Alex soon sees a bigger plot behind it

   5 out of 5

6. aeroaeromonkey
   on 2 March 2012

   This is sooooooo amazing.

   5 out of 5

7. Alice1313
   on 20 October 2011

   i REALLY want to read this book! like really bad! i think it’s awesome! but i haven’t read it yet! hopefully i will find it soon! :D

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