Anthony Horowitz

Ronni Ancona grew up in Troon as the daughter of a Royal Navy officer and a theatre designer, surrounded by golf courses, pantomimes and the smell of paint in her mother’s scenery workshops. Shy, awkward and often teased at school, she discovered early that making people laugh co ...  Show more

When Lisa Faulkner received an invitation for a routine mammogram, she nearly put it off. A further scan and biopsy revealed early-stage breast cancer - a diagnosis that brought back painful memories of losing her mother to cancer when Lisa was just 16. Treatment was successful, ...  Show more

My guest today is a novelist and screenwriter whose work includes the Alex Rider series and Foyle’s War. He was chosen by the Arthur Conan Doyle estate to write Sherlock Holmes novels and by the Ian Fleming estate to write James Bond novels. I am talking today with Anthony Horowi ...  Show more

Why are murder mysteries so obsessed with grand houses and wealthy families? Does a summer read really need to be light? What can a writer learn from imitating their literary heroes? And when should an adaptation leave the book behind?This week on Ask Penguin, Rhianna is joined b ...  Show more

Nick Hornby is the author of many novels, including High Fidelity, About a Boy, Juliet, Naked and others, and now he has a new book Just Like You which I thoroughly enjoyed and is out in paperback. He is also the author of Fever Pitch, a book on his life as a devoted supporter of ...  Show more