Anthony Horowitz – Birthday: 5th April 1955

Facts

• He has travelled to all the places in the Tintin books (except the moon).
• He takes research for his books very seriously. He has walked across the Andes and visited the Forbidden City in Hong Kong. For Point Blanc, he climbed and operated a 150m crane opposite the Houses of Parliament.
• He spent a year working as a cowboy in Australia. This was for fun – not for a book.
• His passion is scuba-diving. He has dived all over the world, including Sipadan in the South China Sea, where he saw hammerhead sharks.

Quotes

“I start work at 7 AM and write all day, seven days a week. If I don’t write, I can’t sleep.”

“I’m not happy unless I have a pen in my hand, it’s really that simple.”

“I have a great belief in not doing anything unless I’m passionate about it.”

Declassified 08/06/2018