Raymond Benson
RAYMOND BENSON has worked as a composer, computer game designer, stage director and lecturer. His career as an author began with the publication of THE JAMES BOND BEDSIDE COMPANION, which quickly became a standard Bond reference work. Raymond Benson followed John Gardner as the official author of the James Bond novels and his first full-length 007 adventure, ZERO MINUS TEN, was published in 1997. A further five original Bond novels followed. In 2002 Raymond stopped writing Bond to concentrate on other projects, which have included the New York Times bestselling Splinter Cell novels, written under the name of David Michaels. Further information on Raymond's non-Bond work can be found on his official website.