Beyond the Book
Anthony Horowitz's life might
have been copied from the pages of
Charles Dickens or the Brothers Grimm.
Born in 1956 in Stanmore, Middlesex, to
a family of wealth and status, Anthony
was raised by nannies, surrounded by
servants and chauffeurs. His father, a
wealthy businessman, was, says Mr.
Horowitz, "a fixer for Harold Wilson."
What that means exactly is unclear — "My
father was a very secretive man," he
says— so an aura of suspicion and
mystery surrounds both the word and the
man. As unlikely as it might seem, Anthony's father, threatened with...
