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 RoseNorman Rose was an actor, film narrator and radio announcer whose velvety baritone was often called "the Voice of God" by colleagues...
. In 1952, author
Ian FlemingIan Lancaster Fleming was a British author and journalist. Fleming is best remembered for creating the character of James Bond and chronicling Bond's adventures in twelve novels and nine short stories...
bought it after completing his first
James BondJames Bond 007 is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. The character has also been used in the longest running and most financially successful English language film franchise to date, starting in 1962 with Dr...
novelFrom 1953 to the present day , dozens of novels and a number of short stories have been published chronicling the adventures of a British secret agent James Bond, often referred to by his code name, 007...
,
Casino RoyaleCasino Royale by Ian Fleming is the first James Bond novel. It would eventually pave the way for eleven other novels by Fleming himself, in addition to two short story collections, followed by many 'continuation' Bond novels by other authors....
; he assigned most of his rights in
Casino Royale, and the works which followed it to Glidrose.
In 1956, Ian Fleming hired literary agent Peter Janson-Smith to handle the foreign translation rights in the James Bond novels.
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 RoseNorman Rose was an actor, film narrator and radio announcer whose velvety baritone was often called "the Voice of God" by colleagues...
. In 1952, author
Ian FlemingIan Lancaster Fleming was a British author and journalist. Fleming is best remembered for creating the character of James Bond and chronicling Bond's adventures in twelve novels and nine short stories...
bought it after completing his first
James BondJames Bond 007 is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. The character has also been used in the longest running and most financially successful English language film franchise to date, starting in 1962 with Dr...
novelFrom 1953 to the present day , dozens of novels and a number of short stories have been published chronicling the adventures of a British secret agent James Bond, often referred to by his code name, 007...
,
Casino RoyaleCasino Royale by Ian Fleming is the first James Bond novel. It would eventually pave the way for eleven other novels by Fleming himself, in addition to two short story collections, followed by many 'continuation' Bond novels by other authors....
; he assigned most of his rights in
Casino Royale, and the works which followed it to Glidrose.
In 1956, Ian Fleming hired literary agent Peter Janson-Smith to handle the foreign translation rights in the James Bond novels. He was the literary consultant and chairman of Ian Fleming Publications until 2001.
Today, Ian Fleming Publications administers all of Ian Fleming's literary oeuvre and is owned by Fleming's family. In July 2008 Ian Fleming Publications announced the appointment of literary agent Simon Trewin, from UK-based literary agency
United AgentsUnited Agents is a British talent and literary agency founded in 2007. It is situated on Lexington Street in London, UK and was set up by agents who had left Peters, Fraser and Dunlop...
, to manage worldwide English-language rights in the Ian Fleming titles and Young Bond.
Publication history
After Fleming's death, in 1964, Glidrose Productions Ltd planned a continuation series of James Bond books, to be written by a rotating series of authors, under the
pseudonymA pseudonym is a fictitious name used by a person, or sometimes, a group.Pseudonyms are often used to hide an individual's real identity, as with writers' pen names, graffiti artists, resistance fighters' or terrorists' noms de guerre and computer hackers' handles. Actors, musicians, and other...
"
Robert MarkhamRobert Markham is a pseudonym created by Glidrose Publications in the mid-1960s. By 1967, Glidrose, the publishers of the James Bond novel series created by Ian Fleming, had exhausted all available material written by Fleming before his death in 1964...
". In 1968, the first continuation novel published was
Colonel SunColonel Sun , by Robert Markham, is the first James Bond continuation novel published after Ian Fleming's death in 1964; Glidrose Productions used the collective pseudonym "Robert Markham", for British novelist Kingsley Amis, with the intent of so publishing other novels by different writers...
, by
Kingsley AmisSir Kingsley William Amis, CBE was an English novelist, poet, critic and teacher. He wrote more than twenty novels, three collections of poetry, short stories, radio and television scripts, and books of social and literary criticism...
, afterwards the Robert Markham book series was cancelled. A few years later, Glidrose published
James Bond: The Authorised Biography of 007James Bond: The Authorised Biography of 007 , by John Pearson, is a fictional biography of James Bond; Pearson also wrote the biography The Life of Ian Fleming ....
by
John PearsonJohn Pearson is a writer best associated with James Bond creator Ian Fleming.Pearson was Fleming's assistant at the London Sunday Times and would go on to write the first biography of Ian Fleming, 1966's The Life of Ian Fleming.Pearson would also become the third official James Bond author of the...
and considered having Pearson write a continuation series of Bond novels, but no further books resulted. In 1977 and again in 1979, EON Productions authorized
Christopher WoodChristopher Wood is an English screenwriter and novelist best known under the pseudonym 'Timothy Lea' for the Confessions series of novels and films...
to write novelisations of his scripts for the Bond films
The Spy Who Loved MeThe Spy Who Loved Me is the tenth spy film in the James Bond series, and the third to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It was directed by Lewis Gilbert and the screenplay was written by Christopher Wood and Richard Maibaum...
and
MoonrakerMoonraker is the eleventh spy film in the James Bond series, and the fourth to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film, directed by Lewis Gilbert, co-stars Lois Chiles, Michael Lonsdale, Corinne Clery, and Richard Kiel...
since the filmed stories deviated drastically from the original Fleming novels of the same titles (indeed, Fleming had instructed Glidrose to only sell the movie rights to the title of
The Spy Who Loved Me, rendering the film by necessity an original story).
In 1981, the James Bond book series was revived, with new novels written by
John GardnerJohn Edmund Gardner was an English spy novelist, most notably for the James Bond series.-Early life:Gardner was born in Seaton Delaval, Northumberland. He graduated from St. John's College, Cambridge and did postgraduate study at Oxford...
. In 1996, John Gardner retired from writing Bond books, and
Raymond BensonRaymond Benson is an American author best known for being the official author of the adult James Bond novels from 1997 to 2003. Benson was born in Midland, Texas and graduated from Permian High School in Odessa in 1973...
quickly replaced him. Benson is the first American to write James Bond novels, a fact that was initially controversial. It was during Benson's tenure that the company changed names from Glidrose Publications Ltd to Ian Fleming Publications; the publisher's new name appeared first in
High Time to KillHigh Time to Kill, published in 1999, is the fourth novel by Raymond Benson featuring Ian Fleming’s secret agent, James Bond . This is the first James Bond novel copyrighted by Ian Fleming Publications...
, (1999). In turn, Benson retired from writing Bond books in 2002. Since then Ian Fleming Publications has started a new series of Bond books, however, this time based on a young teenage James Bond in the 1930s. The series, written by
Charlie HigsonCharles Murray Higson , more commonly known as Charlie Higson, is an English actor, comedian and author. He has also written and produced for television.-Biography:...
, is planned out for 5 novels and has been dubbed
Young BondYoung Bond is a series of five young adult spy novels by Charlie Higson featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent James Bond as a young teenage boy attending school at Eton College in the 1930s. The series was originally planned to include only five novels, however, after the release of the fifth novel,...
.
In 2005, Ian Fleming Publications launched another series of Bond-related books entitled
The Moneypenny DiariesThe Moneypenny Diaries is a series of novels and short stories chronicling the life of Miss Moneypenny, M's personal secretary in Ian Fleming's James Bond series; it is considered an official spin-off of the Bond books...
by
Samantha WeinbergSamantha Weinberg is a British novelist, journalist and travel writer. Author of Books such as A Fish Caught in Time : The Search for the Coelacanth and the James Bond inspired trilogy The Moneypenny Diaries under the alias Kate Westbrook...
under the pseudonym "Kate Westbrook". IFP initially denied any connection with the books, but this was later revealed to be part of a
publicity stuntA publicity stunt is a planned event designed to attract the public's attention to the event's organizers or their cause. Publicity stunts can be professionally organized or set up by amateurs...
for the release of the first book,
Guardian Angel.
Confirming reports that a new adult Bond novel would likely be published in 2008 as a one-off by an unknown author to commemorate what would have been Ian Fleming's 100th birthday, Ian Fleming Publications announced on July 11, 2007 that the popular novelist
Sebastian FaulksSebastian Charles Faulks CBE FRSL is a British novelist and journalist.-Biography:Faulks is the son of Pamela and Peter Ronald Faulks, a Berkshire solicitor who later became a judge. He grew up in Newbury. His mother was both cultured and highly strung. She introduced him to reading and music at...
had written the rumored book, to be entitled
Devil May CareDevil May Care is the thirty-sixth James Bond novel. Written by Sebastian Faulks , it was published on 28 May 2008, the 100th anniversary of Bond creator Ian Fleming's birth....
.
by Ian FlemingIan Lancaster Fleming was a British author and journalist. Fleming is best remembered for creating the character of James Bond and chronicling Bond's adventures in twelve novels and nine short stories...
- Casino Royale
Casino Royale by Ian Fleming is the first James Bond novel. It would eventually pave the way for eleven other novels by Fleming himself, in addition to two short story collections, followed by many 'continuation' Bond novels by other authors....
(1953) — first American paperback title: You Asked For It
- Live and Let Die
Live and Let Die is the second novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series. First published by Jonathan Cape on April 5, 1954, it is considered one of Fleming's most controversial novels due to its depiction of Afro-Caribbean people and voodoo....
(1954)
- Moonraker (1955) — first American paperback title: Too Hot to Handle
- Diamonds Are Forever
Diamonds Are Forever is the fourth novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series. It was first published by Jonathan Cape on March 26, 1956.In 1971 was adapted into the seventh film in the EON Productions film franchise, the last film in that series to star Sean Connery as James Bond. It was produced by...
bal (1956)
- From Russia with Love (1957)
- Dr. No (1958)
- Goldfinger (1959)
- Thunderball (1961) — "based on a screen treatment by Kevin McClory
Kevin O'Donovan McClory was an Irish screenwriter, producer, and director. McClory was best known for the 1983 James Bond film Never Say Never Again, which was the result of a long legal battle between McClory and Ian Fleming over the writing credits and later the film rights to...
, Jack WhittinghamJack Whittingham was a British playwright, film critic, and screenwriter. He was educated at Charterhouse and Christ Church, Oxford....
and Ian Fleming"
- The Spy Who Loved Me (1962)
- On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1963)
- You Only Live Twice (1964)
- The Man with the Golden Gun (1965)
Short stories:
| For Your Eyes Only (1960) |
| Short story |
Published date |
Publication |
| "For Your Eyes Only" |
1960 |
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| "From a View to a Kill" |
1960 |
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| "Quantum of Solace" |
May 1959 |
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| "Risico" |
1960 |
|
| "The Hildebrand Rarity" |
March 1960 |
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|
Octopussy and The Living DaylightsOctopussy and The Living Daylights is the fourteenth and final James Bond book written by Ian Fleming...
(1966) |
| Short story |
Published date |
Publication |
| "Octopussy" |
March/April 1966 |
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|
| "The Living Daylights" |
June 1962 |
Argosy Magazine |
| "The Property of a Lady" |
1963 |
The Ivory Hammer |
| "007 in New York" |
1963 |
Thrilling Cities Thrilling Cities is the title of a collection of non-fiction travel articles by James Bond creator Ian Fleming. The book was published by Glidrose Productions first in Great Britain in 1963, followed by an American edition in 1964....
|
by Kingsley AmisSir Kingsley William Amis, CBE was an English novelist, poet, critic and teacher. He wrote more than twenty novels, three collections of poetry, short stories, radio and television scripts, and books of social and literary criticism...
(as "Robert MarkhamRobert Markham is a pseudonym created by Glidrose Publications in the mid-1960s. By 1967, Glidrose, the publishers of the James Bond novel series created by Ian Fleming, had exhausted all available material written by Fleming before his death in 1964...
")
- Colonel Sun
Colonel Sun , by Robert Markham, is the first James Bond continuation novel published after Ian Fleming's death in 1964; Glidrose Productions used the collective pseudonym "Robert Markham", for British novelist Kingsley Amis, with the intent of so publishing other novels by different writers...
(1968) — last book copyrighted under the Glidrose Productions name
by John GardnerJohn Edmund Gardner was an English spy novelist, most notably for the James Bond series.-Early life:Gardner was born in Seaton Delaval, Northumberland. He graduated from St. John's College, Cambridge and did postgraduate study at Oxford...
- Licence Renewed
Licence Renewed , first published in 1981, is the first novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond. It was the first proper James Bond novel since Kingsley Amis's Colonel Sun in 1968...
(1981) — American title: License Renewed
- For Special Services
For Special Services, first published in 1982, was the second novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond. Carrying the Glidrose Publications copyright, it was first published in the United Kingdom by Jonathan Cape and in the United States by McCann and Geoghegan.-For...
(1982)
- Icebreaker
Icebreaker, first published in 1983, was the third novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond. Carrying the Glidrose Publications copyright, it was first published in the United Kingdom by Jonathan Cape and is the first Bond novel to be published in the United States by...
(1983)
- Role of Honour
Role of Honour , first published in 1984, was the fourth novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond...
(1984) — American title: Role of Honor
- Nobody Lives For Ever
Nobody Lives For Ever , first published in 1986, was the fifth novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond...
(1986) — American title: Nobody Lives Forever
- No Deals, Mr. Bond
No Deals, Mr. Bond, first published in 1987, was the sixth novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond. Carrying the Glidrose Publications copyright, it was first published in the United Kingdom by Jonathan Cape and in the United States by Putnam...
(1987)
- Scorpius
Scorpius, first published in 1988, is the seventh novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond. Carrying the Glidrose Publications copyright, it was first published in the United Kingdom by Hodder & Stoughton and in the United States by Putnam.-Plot summary:After being...
(1988)
- Win, Lose or Die
Win, Lose or Die, first published in 1989, was the eighth novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond. Carrying the Glidrose Publications copyright, it was first published in the United Kingdom by Hodder and Stoughton and in the United States by Putnam.Beginning with this...
(1989)
- Brokenclaw
Brokenclaw, first published in 1990, was the tenth novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond. Carrying the Glidrose Publications copyright, it was first published in the United Kingdom by Hodder & Stoughton and in the United States by Putnam...
(1990)
- The Man from Barbarossa
The Man from Barbarossa, first published in 1991, was the eleventh novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond. Carrying the Glidrose Publications copyright, it was first published in the United Kingdom by Hodder & Stoughton and in the United States by Putnam.More so than...
(1991)
- Death is Forever
Death is Forever, first published in 1992, was the twelfth novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond...
(1992)
- Never Send Flowers
Never Send Flowers, first published in 1993, was the thirteenth novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond...
(1993)
- SeaFire
SeaFire, first published in 1994, was the fourteenth novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond...
(1994)
- COLD
COLD, first published in 1996, was the sixteenth and final novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond...
(1996) — American title: Cold Fall
by Raymond BensonRaymond Benson is an American author best known for being the official author of the adult James Bond novels from 1997 to 2003. Benson was born in Midland, Texas and graduated from Permian High School in Odessa in 1973...
- 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...
(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...
(1998) - last Bond novel copyrighted under the Glidrose Publications name
- 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 . This is the first James Bond novel copyrighted by Ian Fleming Publications...
(1999) - first Bond novel copyrighted by Ian Fleming Publications
- Doubleshot
DoubleShot, first published in 2000, was the sixth novel by Raymond Benson featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond...
(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...
(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 secret agent, James Bond. Carrying the Ian Fleming Publications copyright, it was first published in the United Kingdom by Hodder & Stoughton and in the United...
(2002)
Short stories:
| James Bond uncollected short stories In the 1950s and 1960s, Ian Fleming, creator of the fictional secret agent, James Bond, wrote a number of short stories featuring his creation that appeared in the collections For Your Eyes Only and Octopussy and The Living Daylights...
by Raymond Benson |
| Short story |
Published date |
Publication |
| "Blast from the Past" |
January 1997 |
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|
| "Midsummer Night's Doom" |
January 1999 |
Playboy |
| "Live at Five" |
November 1999 |
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by Charlie HigsonCharles Murray Higson , more commonly known as Charlie Higson, is an English actor, comedian and author. He has also written and produced for television.-Biography:...
Higson's novels, part of a series called
Young BondYoung Bond is a series of five young adult spy novels by Charlie Higson featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent James Bond as a young teenage boy attending school at Eton College in the 1930s. The series was originally planned to include only five novels, however, after the release of the fifth novel,...
, are
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s to Fleming's series.
- SilverFin
SilverFin is the first novel in the Young Bond series that depicts Ian Fleming's superspy James Bond as a teenager in the 1930s. It was written by Charlie Higson and released in the UK on March 3, 2005 by Puffin Books in conjunction with a large marketing campaign; a Canadian release of the same...
- March 2005
- Blood Fever
Blood Fever is the second novel in the Young Bond series depicting Ian Fleming's superspy James Bond as a teenager in the 1930s. The novel, written by Charlie Higson, was released in the UK on January 5, 2006 by Puffin Books and in the U.S. by Miramax Books/Hyperion on June 1, 2006.Unlike the...
- January 2006
- Double or Die - January 2007
- Hurricane Gold - September 2007
- By Royal Command - September 2008
Short story:
| James Bond uncollected short stories In the 1950s and 1960s, Ian Fleming, creator of the fictional secret agent, James Bond, wrote a number of short stories featuring his creation that appeared in the collections For Your Eyes Only and Octopussy and The Living Daylights...
by Charlie Higson |
| Short story |
Published date |
Publication |
| "A Hard Man to Kill" |
October 2009 |
Danger Society: The Young Bond Dossier Danger Society: The Young Bond Dossier is a non-fiction companion to the Young Bond series of novels written by Charlie Higson. The book will contain in-depth character profiles to the cars, the weapons and the exotic locations, plus facts, statistics, photographs, maps, and illustrations by Kev...
|
by Sebastian FaulksSebastian Charles Faulks CBE FRSL is a British novelist and journalist.-Biography:Faulks is the son of Pamela and Peter Ronald Faulks, a Berkshire solicitor who later became a judge. He grew up in Newbury. His mother was both cultured and highly strung. She introduced him to reading and music at...
Sebastian FaulksSebastian Charles Faulks CBE FRSL is a British novelist and journalist.-Biography:Faulks is the son of Pamela and Peter Ronald Faulks, a Berkshire solicitor who later became a judge. He grew up in Newbury. His mother was both cultured and highly strung. She introduced him to reading and music at...
's novel is a one-off adult Bond novel that follows
The Man with the Golden Gun in the 1960s. The book is being written to celebrate Ian Fleming's Centenary and was released on Fleming's birthday, May 28, 2008.
- Devil May Care
Devil May Care is the thirty-sixth James Bond novel. Written by Sebastian Faulks , it was published on 28 May 2008, the 100th anniversary of Bond creator Ian Fleming's birth....
- May 2008
Novelisations
- James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me
The Spy Who Loved Me is the tenth spy film in the James Bond series, and the third to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It was directed by Lewis Gilbert and the screenplay was written by Christopher Wood and Richard Maibaum...
(1977) by Christopher WoodChristopher Wood is an English screenwriter and novelist best known under the pseudonym 'Timothy Lea' for the Confessions series of novels and films...
- James Bond and Moonraker (1979) by Christopher Wood
- Licence to Kill
Licence to Kill is the sixteenth official entry in the James Bond series, and the first one not based on an Ian Fleming novel. While enjoying a largely positive critical reception, it was controversial since it was the first James Bond film to be given a PG-13 rating, being noted as significantly...
(1989) by John Gardner
- GoldenEye
GoldenEye is the seventeenth spy film in the James Bond series, and the first to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film was directed by Martin Campbell and unlike previous Bond films, is unrelated to the works of novelist Ian Fleming. The story was conceived and...
(1995) by John Gardner
- Tomorrow Never Dies
Tomorrow Never Dies is the eighteenth spy film in the James Bond series, and the second to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Bruce Feirstein wrote the screenplay, and it was directed by Roger Spottiswoode. It follows Bond as he tries to stop a media mogul from engineering...
(1997) by Raymond Benson
- The World Is Not Enough
The World Is Not Enough is the nineteenth spy film in the James Bond series, and the third to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film was directed by Michael Apted, with the original story and screenplay written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Bruce Feirstein. It was...
(1999) by Raymond Benson
- Die Another Day
Die Another Day is the twentieth spy film in the James Bond series, and the fourth and last to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. In the pre-title sequence, Bond leads a mission to North Korea, during which he is found out and, after killing a rogue North Korean colonel, he...
(2002) by Raymond Benson
James Bond Jr.
Written under the pseudonym R. D. Mascott, it was the first James Bond related book not written by Ian Fleming to be published after Fleming's death. To this day, the real author of the novel has never been acknowledged or confirmed by Ian Fleming Publications.
- 003½: The Adventures of James Bond Junior
003½: The Adventures of James Bond Junior is a 1967 James Bond spin-off novel carrying the Glidrose Productions copyright. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Jonathan Cape publishing company in 1967 and later in 1968 in the United States by Random House. The novel was written under...
(1967)
The Authorised Biography
Written by Fleming's friend and colleague,
John PearsonJohn Pearson is a writer best associated with James Bond creator Ian Fleming.Pearson was Fleming's assistant at the London Sunday Times and would go on to write the first biography of Ian Fleming, 1966's The Life of Ian Fleming.Pearson would also become the third official James Bond author of the...
, the book differs from all other Bond novels in that it is a biography told in the first-person by Pearson upon meeting James Bond.
- James Bond: The Authorised Biography of 007
James Bond: The Authorised Biography of 007 , by John Pearson, is a fictional biography of James Bond; Pearson also wrote the biography The Life of Ian Fleming ....
(1973) — first book copyrighted under the Glidrose Publications name
The Moneypenny Diaries
The Moneypenny Diaries is a planned trilogy chronicling the life of
Miss MoneypennyJane Moneypenny, better known as Miss Moneypenny, is a fictional character in the James Bond novels and films. She is secretary to M, who is Bond's boss and head of the British Secret Service...
. The books are written by
Samantha WeinbergSamantha Weinberg is a British novelist, journalist and travel writer. Author of Books such as A Fish Caught in Time : The Search for the Coelacanth and the James Bond inspired trilogy The Moneypenny Diaries under the alias Kate Westbrook...
(credited as "edited by Kate Westbrook").
- The Moneypenny Diaries: Guardian Angel
The Moneypenny Diaries: Guardian Angel is the first in a planned trilogy of novels chronicling the life of Miss Moneypenny, M's personal secretary in Ian Fleming's James Bond series. The diaries were authored by Samantha Weinberg under the pseudonym Kate Westbrook, who is depicted as the book's...
- October 2005
- Secret Servant: The Moneypenny Diaries
Secret Servant: The Moneypenny Diaries is the second in a trilogy of novels chronicling the life of Miss Moneypenny, M's personal secretary in Ian Fleming's James Bond series...
- November 2006
- The Moneypenny Diaries: Final Fling
The Moneypenny Diaries: Final Fling is the third in a trilogy of novels chronicling the life of Miss Moneypenny, M's personal secretary in Ian Fleming's James Bond series. The diaries are penned by Samantha Weinberg under the pseudonym Kate Westbrook, who is depicted as the book's "editor"...
- May 2008
| The Moneypenny Diaries The Moneypenny Diaries is a series of novels and short stories chronicling the life of Miss Moneypenny, M's personal secretary in Ian Fleming's James Bond series; it is considered an official spin-off of the Bond books...
short stories by Samantha WeinbergSamantha Weinberg is a British novelist, journalist and travel writer. Author of Books such as A Fish Caught in Time : The Search for the Coelacanth and the James Bond inspired trilogy The Moneypenny Diaries under the alias Kate Westbrook...
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| Short story |
Published date |
Publication |
| "For Your Eyes Only, James The Moneypenny Diaries is a series of novels and short stories chronicling the life of Miss Moneypenny, M's personal secretary in Ian Fleming's James Bond series; it is considered an official spin-off of the Bond books...
" |
November 2006 |
Tatler Tatler has been the name of several British journals and magazines, each of which has viewed itself as the successor of the original literary and society journal founded by Richard Steele in 1709...
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| "Moneypenny’s First Date With Bond The Moneypenny Diaries is a series of novels and short stories chronicling the life of Miss Moneypenny, M's personal secretary in Ian Fleming's James Bond series; it is considered an official spin-off of the Bond books...
" |
November 2006 |
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Other published works
- The Diamond Smugglers
The Diamond Smugglers is a non-fiction work by Ian Fleming that was first published in 1957 in the United Kingdom and in 1958 in the United States....
(1957) — Ian Fleming
- Thrilling Cities
Thrilling Cities is the title of a collection of non-fiction travel articles by James Bond creator Ian Fleming. The book was published by Glidrose Productions first in Great Britain in 1963, followed by an American edition in 1964....
(1963) — Ian Fleming
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car is a children's book written by Ian Fleming for his son Caspar, with illustrations by John Burningham...
(1964) — Ian Fleming
Unpublished works
The following are stories known to have been written for Glidrose / Ian Fleming Publications, however, were not published.
- Per Fine Ounce
Per Fine Ounce is the title of an unpublished novel by Geoffrey Jenkins featuring Ian Fleming's superspy James Bond. It was completed circa 1966 and is considered a "lost" novel by fans of James Bond because it was actually commissioned by Glidrose Productions, the official publishers of James Bond...
— novel by Geoffrey JenkinsGeoffrey Jenkins was a South African novelist.-Early life:When Jenkins was 17 he wrote and had published A Century of History which received a special eulogy from General Jan Smuts at the centenary of Potchefstroom.He subsequently won the Lord Kemsley Commonwealth Journalistic Scholarship, which...
circa 1966.
- "The Heart of Erzulie" — short story by Raymond Benson circa 2001-2002.