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Antony Johnston

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in Birmingham, The United Kingdom

August 25

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Antony Johnston is a multi-award-winning author, a New York Times bestseller, and one of the most versatile writers of the modern era.

The Charlize Theron movie Atomic Blonde was based on his graphic novel. His murder mystery series The Dog Sitter Detective won the Barker Book Award. His crime puzzle novel Can You Solve the Murder? reinvented choose-your-own-story books for a mainstream audience and was a Waterstones Paperback of the Year. And his productivity guide The Organised Writer has helped authors all over the world take control of their workload.

Antony is a celebrated videogames writer, with genre-defining titles including Dead Space, Shadow of Mordor, and Resident ...more

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	Stormbreaker: The Graphic Novel (Alex Rider: The Graphic Novels, #1) by Antony Johnston (Goodreads Author), Anthony Horowitz (Goodreads Author) (Original book), Kanako Damerum (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,122 ratings — published 2006 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Point Blanc: The Graphic Novel (Alex Rider: The Graphic Novels, #2) by Antony Johnston (Goodreads Author), Anthony Horowitz (Goodreads Author) (Original Book), Kanako Damerum (Illustrator) 4.08 avg rating — 2,827 ratings — published 2007 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Coldest City by Antony Johnston (Goodreads Author), Sam Hart (Illustrator) 3.28 avg rating — 2,732 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Can You Solve the Murder? 3.95 avg rating — 2,105 ratings — published 2025 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Skeleton Key: The Graphic Novel (Alex Rider: The Graphic Novels, #3) by Antony Johnston (Goodreads Author), Anthony Horowitz (Goodreads Author) (Original Book), Kanako Damerum (Illustrator) 4.16 avg rating — 1,348 ratings — published 2009 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead Space by Antony Johnston (Goodreads Author), Ben Templesmith, Rus Wooton (Goodreads Author) (Letterer) 3.82 avg rating — 989 ratings — published 2008 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eagle Strike: The Graphic Novel (Alex Rider: The Graphic Novels, #4) by Antony Johnston (Goodreads Author), Anthony Horowitz (Goodreads Author) (Original Book), Kanako (Illustrator) 4.27 avg rating — 791 ratings — published 2012 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dog Sitter Detective (The Dog Sitter Detective, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 885 ratings — published 2023 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Russia Shift (The Fuse, #1) by Antony Johnston (Goodreads Author), Justin Greenwood (Artist) 3.64 avg rating — 883 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cities in Dust (Wasteland #1) by Antony Johnston (Goodreads Author), Christopher Mitten 3.52 avg rating — 645 ratings — published 2007 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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More Dog Sitter Detective books coming… 🎉

Some great news in The Bookseller to kick off day one of Frankfurt Book Fair: I've signed up for two further books in The Dog Sitter Detective 🐶🔍 series with Allison & Busby!

You're going to be seeing a lot more of Gwinny and her canine companions 😊

(We also revealed the cover for the upcoming second book, The Dog Sitter Detective Takes the Lead; click through to the article to see it)

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Series by Antony Johnston

Alex Rider: The Graphic Novels (6 books)
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Antony Johnston (Goodreads Author),

Anthony Horowitz (Goodreads Author) (Original book),

Amrit Birdi (Illustrator )

4.08 avg rating — 9,731 ratings

The Coldest City (2 books)
by

Antony Johnston (Goodreads Author),

Sam Hart (Illustrator)

3.31 avg rating — 3,227 ratings

Wasteland (11 books)
by

Antony Johnston (Goodreads Author),

Justin Greenwood (Illustrator)

3.62 avg rating — 2,084 ratings

The Fuse (4 books)
by

Antony Johnston (Goodreads Author),

Justin Greenwood (Artist)

3.74 avg rating — 1,801 ratings

The Dog Sitter Detective (4 books)
by

Antony Johnston (Goodreads Author)

3.86 avg rating — 1,540 ratings

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“File under "Hard Truths": the creative muse is fiction. If you sit around waiting for the right moment to create, you will die waiting.”
― Antony Johnston

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“It’s easier to rewrite anything, even the worst writing ever, than to write something for the first time.”
― Antony Johnston, The Organised Writer: How to Stay on Top of All Your Projects and Never Miss a Deadline

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“You only come to know these things in hindsight – when you look back and see the precarious chain of events, happenstance, and good fortune that led to wherever you are now. Before you reach that point, you have no way of predicting which idea will make a difference and which will die on the vine.”
― Antony Johnston, The Organised Writer: How to Stay on Top of All Your Projects and Never Miss a Deadline

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