The Switch

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York honours contributions to society". Grapevine. Alumni Office, University of York (2010 Autumn/Winter): 6. 2010. Archived from the original on 4 June 2015 . Retrieved 8 February 2015. The simplest explanation of the plot would be to call it a retelling of the Prince and the Pauper plot. Only instead of physically exchanging places with each other the characters manage to perform a bit of Freaky Friday magic on themselves and teleport their souls into each other's bodies. A simple enough plot that is complicated by the intelligence of one of the boys participating (unwittingly) in the exchange. What follows the Switch is a series of plots that thrust both boys into hitherto unknown territory, which they manage to navigate relatively unscathed, at east mentally.

Horowitz was born in Stanmore, Middlesex, into a Jewish family, and in his early years lived an upper middle class lifestyle. [2] [3] [4] An overweight and unhappy child, Horowitz enjoyed reading books from his father's library. As a child, Horowitz used to go to Instow, where his nanny took him boating on the River Torridge. He also had a stuffed monkey named Benjamin (which was later eaten by his dog). [5] In October 2008, Anthony Horowitz's play Mindgame opened Off Broadway at the SoHo Playhouse in New York City. [34] Mindgame starred Keith Carradine, Lee Godart, and Kathleen McNenny. The production was the New York stage directorial debut for Ken Russell. In 2002, Horowitz created the series Foyle's War, a historically-themed detective series set during and after the Second World War. The series became the longest-running among Horowitz's television projects, with a total of 28 episodes broadcast over 8 series between 2002 and 2015.a b Elkin, Michael (12 October 2006). "Horowitz ... Anthony Horowitz – After a childhood shaken and stirred, the writer bonds with film fans". The Jewish Exponent. Archived from the original on 12 January 2008 . Retrieved 24 April 2015. Author of MORIARTY and TRIGGER MORTIS, Anthony Horowitz offers up a whodunit like no other in this fiendishly clever new novel". Orion Publishing Group. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017 . Retrieved 10 March 2017. Having produced work for both film and television now, his career is only growing from strength-to-strength as it progresses. Knowing his audience he’s managed to find his niche and work on it effectively, as he continues to create material of a high standard. This will carry on in the years to come as he shows no signs of stopping anytime soon. Stormbreaker

Poisoned Pen (2002; never published in the UK but released as El asesinato de Shakespeare in Spanish and William S. in Dutch) In 'The Switch', Tad Spencer is a spoiled brat who leads a life of luxury thanks to his father's highly successful beauty business. Instead of appreciating everything he has, he is constantly unsatisfied. One night, he goes to bed angry because his parents refused his request to go to a theme park. He wishes to be someone else, only to wake up as a completely different person.. Horowitz lives in Central London (Clerkenwell) with his wife Jill Green; [11] they eloped to be married in Hong Kong on 15 April 1988. [12] Green produced Foyle's War, the series Horowitz wrote for ITV, and other television shows he has written. [13] They have two sons. A third Bond novel by Anthony Horowitz to come in 2022". Ian Fleming. 28 May 2021 . Retrieved 28 May 2021. I also loved Tad's character development as he sees the world in a whole new way. He is truly changed from the inside out, and I was delighted with the complexity of his personality.

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Horowitz began writing for television in the 1980s, contributing to the children’s anthology series Dramarama, and also writing five episodes of the third season for the popular fantasy series Robin of Sherwood. In October 2014, the estate of Ian Fleming commissioned Horowitz to write a James Bond novel, Trigger Mortis, which was released in 2015. It was followed by a second novel, Forever and A Day, which came out on 31 May 2018. [40] A third novel entitled With a Mind to Kill was announced in May 2021 and will be released in May 2022. [41] Horowitz is the only author in recent years to have been invited by Ian Fleming Publications to write successive, official James Bond novels. He is also less-favourably known [ by whom?] for the creation of two short-lived and sometimes derided science-fiction shows, Crime Traveller (1997) for BBC One and The Vanishing Man (pilot 1996, series 1998) for ITV. While Crime Traveller received favourable viewing figures it was not renewed for a second season, which Horowitz accounts to temporary personnel transitioning within the BBC.