Alex Rider: 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..

Reviews

1. John Pack
   on 20 January 2010

   Review of Crocodile Tears

   Crocodile tears is a very excellent book and is highly explosive. I wouldn't describe this book as Alex Rider's most dangerous mission, yet this book keeps you intrigued right from the very start. From the very first chapter, you want to read on to find out why the person in the first chapter just commited what he did. Later in the book, it all becomes clear and you go, "Ahh!" In this book, the story includes very many facts about GM crops and how they are made and other facts about various subjects. I'm sorry, though, Anthony Horowitz, but the Cherub series is better all round.
   Lately I have been reading the Andy McNab series for children and they are very factual and very educational, and also the storylines are unexpectant, whereas the Alex Rider series are always going to end in the same way. The book makes out that Alex Rider is invincible, if you want a little hint there. The story endings are a little unexpectant, but you never expect one of the main characters to get killed, always the bad guys. JP x

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What kids think

1. bookaholic202
   on 9 March 2014

   the way Alex gets tortured is awful! But he manages to escape in the nick of time.

2. TheMileLongBookshelfBlog
   on 8 March 2013

   great

3. ninjastickman
   on 5 March 2013

   I think crocodile tears is a great book. My favourite character in it is probably Leonard Straik.

   5 out of 5

4. Nashdasher
   on 4 March 2013

   Crocodile tears is great book with good description

   4 out of 5

5. AlexJelusic
   on 21 August 2011

   It was a very good book about a boy called Alex who is sent on a mission to Greenfields Bio centre to find out about Leonard Straik…

   5 out of 5

6. atfunky
   on 12 May 2011

   really really great loved it

7. Funkyboy9
   on 3 March 2011

   Great so far. Can`t wait to see how it ends. A MUST READ SERIES.

   4 out of 5

8. funky11
   on 3 March 2011

   the best book

   5 out of 5