Raymond Benson (born September 6, 1955) is an American author best known for being the author of the

James Bond The ''James Bond'' series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections. Since Fleming's death in 1964, eight other authors have ...

novels from 1997 to 2003. Benson was born in

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and graduated from

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in 1973. In primary school Benson took an interest in the piano which would later in his life develop into an interest in composing music, mostly for theatrical productions. Benson also took part in drama at school and became the vice president of his high school's drama department, an interest that he would later pursue by directing stage productions in New York City after attending and receiving a degree in Drama Production—Directing from the

University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,075 ...

. Other hobbies include film history and criticism, writing, and designing computer games.

James Bond works

In 1984, Benson wrote ''

The James Bond Bedside Companion ''The James Bond Bedside Companion'' is a non-fiction book written by the official James Bond author, Raymond Benson, first published in 1984. It was later updated in 1988. The book was nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Biographi ...

'', a book dedicated to Ian Fleming, the official novels, and the films. The book was updated in 1988 and has since been re-released digitally without further updating. It was nominated for an

Edgar Award The Edgar Allan Poe Awards, popularly called the Edgars, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America, based in New York City. Named after American writer Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), a pioneer in the genre, the awards honor the bes ...

Mystery Writers of America Mystery Writers of America (MWA) is an organization of mystery and crime writers, based in New York City. The organization was founded in 1945 by Clayton Rawson, Anthony Boucher, Lawrence Treat, and Brett Halliday. It presents the Edgar Award ...

in the Best Biographical/Critical Work category. In 1985, he worked as a designer and writer on the computer game ''James Bond 007: A View to a Kill''. He followed this in 1986 with work on a computer game version of ''Goldfinger'' and co-authoring the ''You Only Live Twice II'' module of the popular

role-playing game A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of player character, characters in a fictional Setting (narrative), setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within ...

James Bond 007 The ''James Bond'' series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections. Since Fleming's death in 1964, eight other authors have ...

''. In 1996, John Gardner resigned from writing Bond books. Glidrose Publications promptly chose Benson to replace him. As a James Bond novelist, Raymond Benson was initially controversial for being American, and for ignoring much of the continuity established by Gardner. The author did much to placate these concerns, however, and promptly embarked on regular tours to promote his novels in the UK, as well as occasional trips to mainland Europe. Several signing sessions were held at the offices of his UK publisher

Hodder & Stoughton Hodder & Stoughton is a British publishing house, now an imprint (trade name), imprint of Hachette (publisher), Hachette. History Early history The firm has its origins in the 1840s, with Matthew Hodder's employment, aged 14, with Messrs ...

, and at London booksellers Murder One and James Bond specialists Adrian Harrington Ltd. In total, Benson wrote six James Bond novels, three

novelization A novelization (or novelisation) is a derivative novel that adapts the story of a work created for another medium, such as a film, TV series, stage play, comic book or video game. Film novelizations were particularly popular before the advent of ...

s, and three short stories. He was the first Bond author since Ian Fleming to write short stories (published in ''

Playboy ''Playboy'' is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. K ...

'' and ''

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'' magazines and collected in anthologies published in 2008 and 2010). Glidrose changed its name to

Ian Fleming Publications Ian Fleming Publications is the production company formerly known as both Glidrose Productions Limited and Glidrose Publications Limited, named after its founders John Gliddon and Norman Rose. In 1952, author Ian Fleming bought it after completi ...

commencing with Benson's novel, ''

High Time to Kill ''High Time to Kill'', published in 1999, is the fourth novel by Raymond Benson featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond (including Benson's novelization of ''Tomorrow Never Dies''). This is the first James Bond novel copyrighted by I ...

''. Benson resigned from writing Bond books in 2003. #" Blast from the Past" (short story, 1997) #''

Zero Minus Ten ''Zero Minus Ten'', published in 1997, is the first novel by Raymond Benson featuring Ian Fleming's James Bond following John Gardner's departure in 1996. Published in the United Kingdom by Hodder & Stoughton and in America by Putnam, the book ...

'' (1997) #''

Tomorrow Never Dies ''Tomorrow Never Dies'' is a 1997 spy film, the eighteenth in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions and the second to star Pierce Brosnan as fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Directed by Roger Spottiswoode from a screenplay ...

'' (novelization, 1997) #''

The Facts of Death ''The Facts of Death'', first published in 1998, was the third novel by Raymond Benson featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond (including Benson's novelization of '' Tomorrow Never Dies''). Carrying the Glidrose Publications copyright� ...

'' (1998) #"

Midsummer Night's Doom Midsummer is a celebration of the season of summer usually held at a date around the summer solstice. It has pagan pre-Christian roots in Europe. The undivided Christian Church designated June 24 as the feast day of the early Christian martyr S ...

" (short story, 1999) #" Live at Five" (short story, 1999) #''

The World Is Not Enough ''The World Is Not Enough'' is a 1999 spy film, the nineteenth in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions and the third to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It was directed by Michael Apted, from an ori ...

'' (novelization, 1999) #''

'' (1999) #'' DoubleShot'' (2000) #''

Never Dream of Dying ''Never Dream of Dying'', first published in 2001, was the seventh novel by Raymond Benson featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond (including film novelizations). Carrying the Ian Fleming Publications copyright, it was first published ...

'' (2001) #''

The Man with the Red Tattoo ''The Man with the Red Tattoo'', first published in 2002, was the sixth and final original novel by Raymond Benson featuring Ian Fleming's character James Bond. Carrying the Ian Fleming Publications copyright, it was first published in the Unit ...

'' (2002) #''

Die Another Day ''Die Another Day'' is a 2002 spy film and the twentieth film in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions. It was produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, and directed by Lee Tamahori. The fourth and final film starrin ...

'' (novelization, 2002) Benson's novel ''

'' inspired the government of Japan's Kagawa Prefecture in 2005 to erect a museum (the "007 Man with the Red Tattoo Museum", dedicated to the book) and honor Benson with the title of Goodwill Ambassador. In 2008 ''High Time to Kill'', ''Doubleshot'', ''Never Dream of Dying'' and his 1997 short story "Blast from the Past" were grouped and released as an omnibus called '' The Union Trilogy: Three 007 Novels''. A second anthology entitled '' Choice of Weapons'' was published in 2010 and contained ''Zero Minus Ten'', ''The Facts of Death'', ''The Man with the Red Tattoo'', and the short stories "Midsummer Night's Doom" and "Live at Five". In April 2014, Benson and former Bond author

Jeffery Deaver Jeffery Deaver (born May 6, 1950) is an American mystery and crime writer. He has a bachelor of journalism degree from the University of Missouri and a J.D. degree from Fordham University and originally started working as a journalist. He later ...

collaborated—the first such collaboration between former Bond continuation authors—as co-editors of '' Ice Cold--Tales of Intrigue from the Cold War'', an anthology sponsored by

containing short stories about the Cold War.

Other works

Since authoring Bond novels, Benson has had a number of books published, including original suspense novels '' Face Blind'' (2003), '' Evil Hours'' (2004), the Shamus Award-nominated '' Dark Side of the Morgue'' (2009), '' The Secrets on Chicory Lane'' (2017), and '' The Mad, Mad Murders of Marigold Way'' (2022), as well as the non-fiction work '' The Pocket Essential Guide to Jethro Tull'' ( Jethro Tull biography) (2002). In 2004, Benson began writing the first of two books based on the acclaimed video game series, ''

Splinter Cell ''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell'' is a series of stealth action-adventure video games, the first of which was released in 2002, and their tie-in novels that were endorsed by Tom Clancy. The series follows Sam Fisher, a highly trained agent of a ...

'', although both are credited to the pseudonym,

David Michaels David Michaels may refer to: *David Michaels (author), a pseudonym for the authors of novels in the ''Splinter Cell'', ''EndWar'', ''H.A.W.X'', and ''Ghost Recon'' series *David Michaels (epidemiologist) (born 1954), American epidemiologist and OSHA ...

. Further titles in the ''Splinter Cell'' series have also been credited to David Michaels, but were not authored by Benson. The first book, ''

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell ''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell'' is a series of stealth action-adventure video games, the first of which was released in 2002, and their tie-in novels that were endorsed by Tom Clancy. The series follows Sam Fisher, a highly trained agent of a ...

'' was published in 2004 followed by '' Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Operation Barracuda'' in 2005. In 2008, Benson wrote '' A Hard Day's Death'' about a private investigator who looks into the death of a rock star. The book spawned a second novel in 2009 called '' Dark Side of the Morgue'', which was nominated for a

Shamus Award The Shamus Award is awarded by the Private Eye Writers of America (PWA) for the best detective fiction ( P. I. = Private investigator) genre novels and short stories A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one si ...

for Best Paperback Original PI Novel by the Private Eye Writers of America. The two novels plus a short story, " On the Threshold of a Death", were collected in 2011 as an e-book anthology, '' The Rock 'n' Roll Detective's Greatest Hits''. Benson also wrote the novelization of the video game ''

Metal Gear Solid is a series of techno-thriller stealth games created by Hideo Kojima. Developed and published by Konami, the first game, ''Metal Gear'', was released in 1987 for MSX home computers. The player often takes control of a special forces opera ...

'' in 2008 and followed it in 2009 with a novelization of '' Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty''. His entry in the Gabriel Hunt pulp adventure series, '' Hunt Through Napoleon's Web'', appeared as an e-book in 2010 and was published in print in 2011. Further video game novelizations continued in 2011, when Benson co-authored '' Homefront--the Voice of Freedom'' with

John Milius John Frederick Milius (; born April 11, 1944) is an American screenwriter, film director, and producer. He was a writer for the first two ''Dirty Harry'' films, received an Academy Award nomination as screenwriter of ''Apocalypse Now'' (1979), a ...

, as a prequel to the

THQ THQ Inc. was an American video game company based in Agoura Hills, California. It was founded in April 1990 by Jack Friedman, originally in Calabasas, and became a public company the following year through a reverse merger takeover. Initi ...

videogame '' Homefront''. 2012 saw the announcement that Benson would also write '' Hitman: Damnation'', a prequel to the

Square Enix is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational holding company, production enterprise and entertainment conglomerate, best known for its ''Final Fantasy'', ''Dragon Quest'', ''Star Ocean'' and ''Kingdom Hearts'' role-playing video game ...

videogame Hitman: Absolution. Benson's first novel in a series of "women's action/adventure thrillers," ''

The Black Stiletto ''The Black Stiletto'' is a thriller novel written by Raymond Benson; it was published in the US in September 2011. The first book in a series, it is the story of Judy Cooper, a young woman in late 1950s New York City, who becomes a masked vigilan ...

'', was published in September 2011. The July 2011 issue of ''

Library Journal ''Library Journal'' is an American trade publication for librarians. It was founded in 1876 by Melvil Dewey. It reports news about the library world, emphasizing public libraries, and offers feature articles about aspects of professional prac ...

'' described the book as a "mashup of the work of

Gloria Steinem Gloria Marie Steinem (; born March 25, 1934) is an American journalist and social-political activist who emerged as a nationally recognized leader of second-wave feminism Second-wave feminism was a period of feminist activity that began in ...

Ian Fleming Ian Lancaster Fleming (28 May 1908 – 12 August 1964) was a British writer who is best known for his postwar ''James Bond'' series of spy novels. Fleming came from a wealthy family connected to the merchant bank Robert Fleming & Co., a ...

, and

Mario Puzo Mario Francis Puzo (; ; October 15, 1920 – July 2, 1999) was an American author, screenwriter, and journalist. He is known for his crime novels about the Italian-American Mafia and Sicilian Mafia, most notably ''The Godfather'' (1969), which ...

, all under the editorship of

Stan Lee Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber ; December 28, 1922 – November 12, 2018) was an American comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer. He rose through the ranks of a family-run business called Timely Publications which ...

." In anticipation of the book's publication, Benson released a free downloadable e-book short story, " The Black Stiletto's Autograph". The second book in the series, '' The Black Stiletto: Black & White'', was published on May 30, 2012. '' The Black Stiletto: Stars & Stripes'', was published in 2013, and '' The Black Stiletto: Secrets & Lies'' was published in early 2014. The fifth and final book of the saga, '' The Black Stiletto: Endings & Beginnings'', was published in November 2014. On October 14, 2015, it was announced that

Mila Kunis Milena Markovna "Mila" Kunis (born August 14, 1983) is an American actress. Born in Chernivtsi and raised in Los Angeles, she began playing Jackie Burkhart on the Fox television series ''That '70s Show'' (1998–2006) at the age of 14. Since ...

will be executive producing a television series based on ''

'' book series for ABC Studios. Raymond Benson has also taught college classes in film history and writes a series of classic film reviews for the publication ''

Cinema Retro ''Cinema Retro'' is an English magazine devoted to "celebrating films of the 1960s & 1970s". Founded in 2005 by Lee Pfeiffer and Dave Worrall, it is subtitled "the Essential Guide to Cult and Classic Movies". The 64-page full-colour magazine is p ...

''. In 2007, he teamed up with ''

Chicago Daily Herald The ''Daily Herald'' is a daily newspaper based in Arlington Heights, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. The newspaper is distributed in the northern, northwestern and western suburbs of Chicago. It is the namesake of the Daily Herald Media Group, a ...

'' film critic Dann Gire to present Dann & Raymond's Movie Club, a popular live program held at Chicago suburban libraries. Gire and Benson present evenings of various cinema history topics, show clips, relate anecdotes and trivia, and tell jokes.

Bibliography

Fiction

*1997 ''

'' (novel) *1997 ''

'' (novelization, based on the screenplay) *1998 ''

'' (novel) *1999 ''

'' (novelization, based on the screenplay) *2000 '' DoubleShot'' (novel) *2001 '' Evil Hours'' (novel, revised edition published 2004) *2001 ''

'' (novel) *2002 ''

'' (novelization, based on the screenplay)'' *2003 '' Face Blind'' (novel) *2004 ''

'' (original novel based on the

Ubisoft Ubisoft Entertainment SA (; ; formerly Ubi Soft Entertainment SA) is a French video game publisher headquartered in Saint-Mandé with development studios across the world. Its video game franchises include '' Assassin's Creed'', ''Far Cry'', '' ...

videogame series, writing as "David Michaels") *2005 '' Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Operation Barracuda'' (original novel based on the

videogame series, writing as "David Michaels") *2006 '' Sweetie's Diamonds'' (novel) *2008 '' A Hard Day's Death'' (novel) *2008 ''

'' (novelization, based on the Konami videogame) *2008 '' The Union Trilogy'' (anthology; contains three novels and one short story) *2009 '' Dark Side of the Morgue'' (novel) *2009 '' Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty'' (novelization, based on the Konami videogame) *2010 '' Choice of Weapons'' (anthology; contains three novels and two short stories) *2010 '' Hunt Through Napoleon's Web'' (novel, writing "with" fictional character Gabriel Hunt) *2011 '' Homefront--the Voice of Freedom'' (novel, co-written with

, based on the

videogame) *2011 ''Artifact of Evil'' (novel) *2011 '' Torment: A Love Story'' (novel) *2011 '' The Rock 'n' Roll Detective's Greatest Hits'' (anthology; contains two novels and a short story) *2011 ''

'' (novel) *2012 '' The Black Stiletto: Black & White'' (novel) *2012 '' Hitman: Damnation'' (novel, based on the

IO Interactive IO Interactive A/S (IOI) is a Danish video game developer based in Copenhagen, best known for creating and developing the ''Hitman'' and '' Kane and Lynch'' franchises. IO Interactive's most recent game is '' Hitman 3'', which was released in J ...

videogame series) *2013 '' The Black Stiletto: Stars & Stripes'' (novel) *2014 '' The Black Stiletto: Secrets & Lies'' (novel) *2014 '' The Black Stiletto: Endings & Beginnings'' (novel) *2015 '' The Black Stiletto: The Complete Saga'' (e-book only anthology of all five Black Stiletto novels) *2016 '' Dying Light: Nightmare Row'' (novel; prequel story to

Techland Techland S.A. is a Polish video game developer and publisher founded in 1991 by Paweł Marchewka. It developed ''Call of Juarez'' (2006) and its prequel '' Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood'' (2009), as well as ''Dead Island'' (2011) and '' Dying ...

's videogame

Dying Light ''Dying Light'' is a 2015 survival horror video game developed by Techland and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The game's story follows an undercover agent named Kyle Crane who is sent to infiltrate a quarantine zone in a ...

; Polish edition was published in 2015) *2017 '' The Secrets on Chicory Lane'' (novel) *2018 '' In the Hush of the Night'' (novel) *2019 ''

Blues in the Dark Blues is a music genre and musical form which originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the Afr ...

'' (novel) *2020 '' Hotel Destiny: A Ghost Noir'' (novel) *2022 '' The Mad, Mad Murders of Marigold Way'' (novel)

Non-fiction

*1984 ''

'' (UK and updated edition published in 1988) *2002 '' The Pocket Essential Guide to Jethro Tull''

Short stories

*1997 " Blast From the Past" (

Magazine, January 1997 issue) *1999 "

" (''

'' Magazine, January 1999 issue) *1999 " Live at Five" (''

'' Magazine, November 13, 1999 issue) *2006 "Thumbs Down" (published by Amazon Shorts) *2006 "The Plagiarist" (published by Amazon Shorts) *2006 "Another Rock 'n' Roll Hit" (published in crime anthology '' These Guns for Hire'') *2009 "On the Threshold of a Death" ('' Crimespree'' Magazine, May 2009 issue) *2009 "After the Gig" (Popcorn Fiction) *2011 "The Devil is a Gentleman" (published in fantasy anthology ''

Boondocks Fantasy The boondocks is an American expression from the Tagalog language, Tagalog (Filipino) word ''bundók'' ("mountain"). It originally referred to a remote rural area, but now, is often applied to an out-of-the-way area considered backward and un ...

'') *2011 " The Black Stiletto's Autograph" (teaser to ''

'' novel, published by Smashwords) *2013 "Once Upon a Time in the Woods" (published in crime anthology '' Kwik Krimes'') *2014 "Ghosts" (included in '' Mystery Writers of America Presents Ice Cold--Tales of Intrigue from the Cold War'', a short story anthology co-edited by

and Benson) *2014 "To Be or Not to Be" (published in anthology '' Europa Universalis IV--What If?'') *2015 ''12+1--Twelve Short Thrillers and a Play'' (an anthology of previously published and unpublished short works) *2016 "The Purple Bag" (six-part serial thriller published online) *2017 "The MacGuffin" (e-book of complete online serial originally titled "The Purple Bag")

Produced musical composition for theatre and film

*1972 ''

On Borrowed Time ''On Borrowed Time'' is a 1939 film about the role death plays in life, and how humanity cannot live without it. It is adapted from Paul Osborn's 1938 Broadway hit play. The play, based on a novel by Lawrence Edward Watkin, has been revived twi ...

'' (book by

Paul Osborne Paul Anthony Osborne (born 30 September 1966) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer, administrator and politician. He played first-grade rugby league for the St George Dragons and Canberra Raiders before serving as a ...

) *1974 ''Out of Gas'' (book and lyrics by Michael Robert David) *1975 ''Hugo Martyr'' (book and lyrics by Jeffrey Kindley) *1975 ''The Resurrection of Jackie Cramer'' (book and lyrics by Frank Gagliano, subsequent productions 1976, 1979, 1980) *1976 ''Primer for City Dwellers'' (book and lyrics by

Bertolt Brecht Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known professionally as Bertolt Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Coming of age during the Weimar Republic, he had his first successes as a pl ...

) *1976 ''

Paper Tiger "Paper tiger" is a literal English translation of the Chinese phrase ''zhǐlǎohǔ'' ( zh, s=纸老虎, t=紙老虎). The term refers to something or someone that claims or appears to be powerful or threatening, but is actually ineffectual and ...

'' (book and lyrics by

Thomas Brasch Thomas Brasch (19 February 1945 – 3 November 2001) was a German author, poet and film director. Life Born in Westow, Yorkshire, England, Thomas Brasch was the son of German Jewish Communist émigré parents. In 1947, the family returned to Ea ...

, subsequent production 1980) *1977 ''

Clue Clue may refer to: People with the name * DJ Clue (born 1975), mixtape DJ * Arthur Clues (1924–1998), Australian rugby league footballer * Ivan Clues * Tim Cluess Arts, entertainment, and media ''Clue'' entertainment franchise * ''Cluedo ...

'' (lyrics by Stuart Howard) *1978 ''

Alice in Wonderland ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (commonly ''Alice in Wonderland'') is an 1865 English novel by Lewis Carroll. It details the story of a young girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic creatur ...

'' (lyrics by

Lewis Carroll Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (; 27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet and mathematician. His most notable works are ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (1865) and its sequel ...

) *1979 ''

Miss Julie ''Miss Julie'' ( sv, Fröken Julie) is a naturalistic play written in 1888 by August Strindberg. It is set on Midsummer's Eve and the following morning, which is Midsummer and the Feast Day of St. John the Baptist. The setting is an estate of ...

'' (play by

August Strindberg Johan August Strindberg (, ; 22 January 184914 May 1912) was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter.Lane (1998), 1040. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg wrote more than sixty p ...

, subsequent production 1982) *1981 '' I Can't Imagine Tomorrow'' (play by

Tennessee Williams Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983), known by his pen name Tennessee Williams, was an American playwright and screenwriter. Along with contemporaries Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller, he is considered among the thre ...

) *1981 ''Deirdre'' (book and lyrics by Norman Morrow) *1984 ''The Man Who Could See Through Time'' (play by Terri Wagener) *1984 '' Charlotte's Web'' (play by Joe Robinette based on the novel, subsequent production 1985) *1987 ''

The Lucky Chance ''The Luckey Chance, or an Alderman's Bargain'' by Aphra Behn is a 17th-century comedy in five acts. The play was first staged in the Spring of 1686. Its main theme is romance and it includes devices such as impersonation and disguise, and a masq ...

'' (play by

Aphra Behn Aphra Behn (; bapt. 14 December 1640 – 16 April 1689) was an English playwright, poet, prose writer and translator from the Restoration era. As one of the first English women to earn her living by her writing, she broke cultural barrie ...

) *1989 ''

Hyde Park Hyde Park may refer to: Places England * Hyde Park, London, a Royal Park in Central London * Hyde Park, Leeds, an inner-city area of north-west Leeds * Hyde Park, Sheffield, district of Sheffield * Hyde Park, in Hyde, Greater Manchester Austra ...

'' (play by

James Shirley James Shirley (or Sherley) (September 1596 – October 1666) was an English dramatist. He belonged to the great period of English dramatic literature, but, in Charles Lamb's words, he "claims a place among the worthies of this period, not so m ...

) *2019 '' Ghosts in the Ink'' (short film by Phil McCarron and Igor Lewicki)

Produced plays

*1977 ''

'' (book and score) *2005 '' Second Chance'' (co-written by

Doug Redenius Doug is a male personal name (or, depending on which definition of "personal name" one uses, part of a personal name). It is sometimes a given name (or "first name"), but more often it is hypocorism (affectionate variation of a personal name) whic ...

)

Computer games

*1985 '' Stephen King's The Mist'' (Designer/Writer; Mindscape) *1985 ''

A View to a Kill ''A View to a Kill'' is a 1985 spy film and the fourteenth in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions, and is the seventh and final appearance of Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Although the title is adapted ...

'' (Designer/Writer; Mindscape) *1986 '' Goldfinger'' (Designer/Writer; Mindscape) *1992 '' Ultima VII: The Black Gate'' (Story Direction, Head Writer, Composer--"Love Theme";

Origin Systems Origin Systems, Inc. was an American video game developer based in Austin, Texas. It was founded on March 3, 1983, by Richard Garriott and his brother Robert Garriott, Robert. Origin is best known for their groundbreaking work in multiple genres ...

) *1992 '' Ultima: Runes of Virtue'' (Score Co-composer;

) *1993 '' Ultima VII Part Two: Serpent Isle'' (Co-Writer; Origin Systems) *1993 ''

Return of the Phantom ''Return of the Phantom'' is a Point-and-click adventure game, point-and-click graphic adventure game developed and published by MicroProse in 1993. It was produced by Matt Gruson and designed/written by future James Bond novelist Raymond Benson. ...

'' (Designer/Writer;

MicroProse MicroProse is an American video game publisher and video game developer, developer founded by Bill Stealey, Sid Meier, and Andy Hollis in 1982. It developed and published numerous games, including starting the ''Civilization (series), Civilizatio ...

) *1994 '' Are You Afraid of the Dark? The Tale of Orpheo's Curse'' (Story Direction, Head Writer; Composer--"Frederico's Song";

Viacom New Media Viacom, an abbreviation of Video and Audio Communications, may refer to: * Viacom (1952–2006), a former American media conglomerate * Viacom (2005–2019), a former company spun off from the original Viacom * Viacom18, a joint venture between Par ...

) *1995 ''

The Indian in the Cupboard ''The Indian in the Cupboard'' is a low fantasy children's novel by the British writer Lynne Reid Banks. It was published in 1980 with illustrations by Robin Jacques (UK) and Brock Cole (US). It was later adapted as a 1995 children's film ...

'' (Designer/Writer; Viacom New Media) *1995 ''

Dark Seed II ''Dark Seed II'' is a psychological horror point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Cyberdreams and distributed by MGM Interactive in 1995, and is the sequel to the 1992 game '' Dark Seed''. It sees recurring protagonist Mike Daw ...

'' (Designer/Writer;

Cyberdreams Cyberdreams Interactive Entertainment was a video game publisher located in California that specialized in adventure games developed in collaboration with famous names from the fantasy, horror and science fiction genres between 1990 and 1997. H ...

)

Role-playing game

*1986 ''You Only Live Twice II: Back of Beyond'' (Designer/Writer; Victory Games, Inc.)

References

External links

Raymond Benson's official website

The Black Stiletto official website

Raymond Benson announcing himself as writer of ''Splinter Cell''

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James Bond works

Other works

See also

Bibliography

Fiction

Non-fiction

Short stories

Produced musical composition for theatre and film

Produced plays

Computer games

Role-playing game

References

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