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6 SEPTEMBER 2013
RAYMOND BENSON'S BIRTHDAY |
 Our friend Raymond Benson, an extremely talented writer, musician (plays the piano very well) and James Bond expert, becomes 58 years old.
Raymond's tenure as the 4th official James Bond author began in early 1996 and ended at the beginning of 2003. At that time Raymond felt that after six original novels; Zero Minus Ten (1997), The Facts Of Death (1998), High Time To Kill (1999), Doubleshot (2000), Never Dream Of Dying (2001) and The Man With The Red Tattoo (2002). Three film novelizations; Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), The World Is Not Enough (1999) and Die Another Day (2002) and three short stories; Blast from the past (1997), Midsummer night's doom (1999) and Live at five (1999), he needed to do some things of his own.
With this page, From Sweden With Love want to send our personal wishes to a wonderful person.
"Our sincere best wishes for your birthday, Raymond, you rock!"
About Raymond Benson - official biography published with all rights reserved:
The author of 25+ published books, Raymond Benson was commissioned by the James Bond literary copyright holders between 1996-2002 to take over writing the 007 novels. In total he penned and published worldwide six original 007 novels, three film novelizations, and three short stories. An anthology of his 007 work, James Bond: The Union Trilogy, was published in the fall of 2008, and a second anthology, James Bond: Choice of Weapons (2010). His book THE JAMES BOND BEDSIDE COMPANION, an encyclopedic work on the 007 phenomenon, was first published in 1984 and was nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award by Mystery Writers of America for Best Biographical/Critical Work.
Using the pseudonym “David Michaels,” Raymond is also the author of the NY Times best-selling books TOM CLANCY’S SPLINTER CELL and its sequel TOM CLANCY’S SPLINTER CELL: OPERATION BARRACUDA. Raymond’s original suspense novels include EVIL HOURS, FACE BLIND, Sweetie's Diamonds (2007) (which won the Readers’ Choice Award for Best Thriller of 2006 at the Love is Murder Conference for Authors, Readers and Publishers), TORMENT, and ARTIFACT OF EVIL. A Hard Day's Death a “rock ‘n’ roll thrillers,” was published in 2008, and its sequel, Dark Side of the Morgue, published in March 2009 and nominated for a Shamus Award for Best Paperback Original P.I. Novel. Also published in 2008 was the novelization of the popular videogame, Metal Gear Solid; its sequel, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, was published in the fall of 2009. With John Milius, Raymond penned Homefront: The Voice of Freedom (2011), and his latest original novel is The Black Stiletto, published in 2011. THE BLACK STILETTO: BLACK & WHITE will appear in 2012.
In the late 1980s and first half of the 90s, Raymond worked as a computer game designer for various companies. For his work in this field he is the recipient of the Newsweek Editors' Choice Award, the Parents Choice Award for Excellence, and two Digital Hollywood Awards. Raymond also spent over a decade in New York City, directing numerous stage productions off-off-Broadway and composing music for many other shows.
Raymond has taught courses in film genres and history at New York’s New School for Social Research, Harper College in Palatine, Illinois, College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, and currently presents Film Studies lectures with Daily Herald movie critic Dann Gire.
Raymond has been honored in Naoshima, Japan, with the erection of a permanent museum dedicated to one of his novels, and he is also an Ambassador for Japan’s Kagawa Prefecture.
Raymond is an active member of International Thriller Writers Inc., Mystery Writers of America, the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers, a full member of ASCAP, and served on the Board of Directors of The Ian Fleming Foundation for sixteen years. He is based in the Chicago area.
Editor's note:
September 6, 2012 also marks the 8th anniversary of From Sweden With Love.
Birthdays for James Bond related people profiled on From Sweden With Love:
>Anne Lönnberg: February 17
>Barbara Broccoli: June 18
>Britt Ekland: October 6
>Caroline Munro: January 16
>Charlie Higson: July 3
>Christopher Lee: May 27
>Daniel Craig: March 3
>David Arnold: January 23
>David Hedison: May 20
>Dolph Lundgren: November 3
>Eva Green: July 5
>George Lazenby: September 5
>George Leech: December 6
>Gloria Hendry: March 3
>Guy Hamilton: September 16
>Ian Fleming: May 28
>Izabella Scorupco: June 4
>Jane Seymour: February 15
>John Glen: May 15
>John Moreno: March 4
>Ken Adam: February 5
>Kristina Wayborn: September 24
>Lana Wood: April 15
>Lars Lundgren: May 6
>Lewis Gilbert: March 6
>Lois Chiles: April 15
>Margaret Nolan: October 29
>Martin Campbell: October 24
>Martine Beswicke: September 26
>Mary Stavin: August 20
>Maryam d'Abo: December 27
>Maud Adams: February 12
>Max von Sydow: April 10
>Michael G. Wilson: January 21
>Neal Purvis: September 9
>Norman Wanstall: September 30
>Ola Rapace: December 3
>Peter Janson-Smith: September 5
>Peter Lamont: November 12
>Pierce Brosnan: May 16
>Rachel Grant: November 25
>Richard Kiel: September 13
>Robert Davi: June 26
>Roger Moore: October 14
>Sean Connery: August 25
>Shane Rimmer: May 28
>Shirley Bassey: January 8
>Talisa Soto: March 27
>Tanya Roberts: October 15
>Timothy Dalton: March 21
>Trina Parks: December 26
>Valerie Leon: November 12
>Willy Bogner Jr: January 23
Visit Raymond Benson's official website for more information about the talented man: |
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www.raymondbenson.com
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