James Bond (novels)
Ian Fleming's James Bond novels
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| Author | Ian Fleming Kingsley Amis (as Robert Markham) Christopher Wood John Gardner Raymond Benson Sebastian Faulks Jeffery Deaver William Boyd Anthony Horowitz Charlie Higson Steve Cole |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Spy fiction |
| Publisher | Jonathan Cape |
| Published | 1953–66 |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| No. of books | 14 |
James Bond is the fictional protagonist of a series of novels and short stories, first published in 1953. Bond, often referred to by his code name, 007, is a British Secret Service agent; the character was created by journalist and author Ian Fleming, and first appeared in his 1953 novel Casino Royale; the books are set in a contemporary period, between May 1951 and February 1964. Fleming went on to write a total of twelve novels and two collections of short stories, all written at his Jamaican home Goldeneye and published annually. Two of his books were published after his death in 1964.
Since Fleming's death a number of other authors have written continuation works. Some of these have been novelizations of episodes in the series of Bond films, produced by Eon Productions, while others were either continuation novels or short stories. The first author was Kingsley Amis, writing under the pseudonym of "Robert Markham" who produced one novel; then came novelist and biographer John Pearson who wrote a fictional biography of Bond. Novelist and screenwriter Christopher Wood wrote two novelizations in the late 1970s. Writer John Gardner was asked to continue the series by copyright holders Ian Fleming Publications and, between 1981 and 1996, he wrote fourteen novels and two novelizations. After Gardner retired due to ill health, American author Raymond Benson continued the stories and wrote six Bond novels, three novelizations and three short stories between 1996 and 2002.
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