▁now ▁lives ▁in ▁Central ▁London ▁with ▁his ▁wife ▁J ill ▁Green , ▁whom ▁he ▁married ▁in ▁Hong ▁Kong ▁on ▁ 1 5 ▁April ▁ 1 9 8 8 . ▁Green ▁produced ▁Fo yle ' s ▁War , ▁the ▁series ▁Hor ow itz ▁wrote ▁for ▁I TV . ▁They ▁have ▁two ▁sons . ▁He ▁cred its ▁his ▁family ▁with ▁much ▁of ▁his ▁success ▁in ▁writing , ▁as ▁he ▁says ▁they ▁help ▁him ▁with ▁ideas ▁and ▁research . ▁He ▁is ▁a ▁patron ▁of ▁child ▁protection ▁char ity ▁K ids cape . ▁Polit ically , ▁he ▁cons iders ▁himself ▁to ▁be ▁" v agu ely ▁conserv ative ". ▁ ▁Writing ▁career ▁ ▁Anthony ▁Hor ow itz ' s ▁first ▁book , ▁The ▁Sin ister ▁Secret ▁of ▁Frederick ▁K ▁B ower , ▁was ▁a ▁hum orous ▁advent ure ▁for ▁children , ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 9 ▁and ▁later ▁re iss ued ▁as ▁Enter ▁Frederick ▁K ▁B ower . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 1 ▁his ▁second ▁novel , ▁M ish a , ▁the ▁Mag ician ▁and ▁the ▁Myst er ious ▁Am u let ▁was ▁published ▁and ▁he ▁moved ▁to ▁Paris ▁to ▁write ▁his ▁third ▁book . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 3 ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁the ▁Pent agram ▁series , ▁The ▁Dev il ' s ▁Do or - B ell , ▁was ▁released . ▁This ▁story ▁saw ▁Martin ▁Hop kins ▁batt ling ▁an ▁ancient ▁evil ▁that ▁threatened ▁the ▁whole ▁world . ▁Only ▁three ▁of ▁four ▁remaining ▁stories ▁in ▁the ▁series ▁were ▁ever ▁written : ▁The