Anthony Horowitz was brought up on horror stories and his childhood love of all things sinister and scary has stayed with him. He says, "I think everyone enjoys horror. Not necessarily dead bodies and dripping blood, but the shadows that lie just outside our vision, the secrets behind closed doors." Anthony is the author of many very successful children's books, most notably the Alex Rider series, the most recent of which Stormseeker achieved the No 1 spot in the Neilsen charts. Anthony is also well known as a television screen writer with credits that include Poirot, Midsomer Murders, Chiller, and Foyle's War. Anthony has two grown up sons, and lives in east London with his wife.