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Raymond 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. In primary school Benson took an interest in the piano which would later in his life develop into an interest in composing music. 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. Other hobbies include films, writing, and designing computer games.

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  • Raymond 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. In primary school Benson took an interest in the piano which would later in his life develop into an interest in composing music. 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. Other hobbies include films, writing, and designing computer games.
  • In 1996, John Gardner resigned from writing Bond books causing Glidrose Publications to promptly choose 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. Benson had previously written The James Bond Bedside Companion, a book dedicated to Ian Fleming, the official novels, and the films. The book was initially released in 1984 and later updated in 1988. Benson also contributed to the creation of several modules in the popular James Bond 007 role-playing game in the 1980s. In total, Benson wrote six James Bond novels, three novelisations, and three short stories.
  • thumb 'Raymond Benson' (nacido el 06 de septiembre 1955) es un escritor estadounidense conocido por su adulta James Bond novelas publicadas entre 1997 y 2003. Fue el autor de las novelizaciones con licencia oficial de la original Metal Gear Solid (publicado el 27 de mayo de 2008) y Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (24 de noviembre 2009 ). Sin embargo, Raymond Benson, cuando se le preguntó sobre cómo hacer una adaptación de la novela de Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, declaró que su compañía editorial, Del Ray, tenía un contrato de dos libros con Konami y no tenía interés en la renovación de la misma. Sin embargo años más tarde se lanzó una novela de Metal Gear Solid 4, aunque esta no estuvo escrita por Benson, sino por Satoshi Hito, quien también escribió la novela de Peace Walker. S
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  • thumb 'Raymond Benson' (nacido el 06 de septiembre 1955) es un escritor estadounidense conocido por su adulta James Bond novelas publicadas entre 1997 y 2003. Fue el autor de las novelizaciones con licencia oficial de la original Metal Gear Solid (publicado el 27 de mayo de 2008) y Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (24 de noviembre 2009 ). Sin embargo, Raymond Benson, cuando se le preguntó sobre cómo hacer una adaptación de la novela de Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, declaró que su compañía editorial, Del Ray, tenía un contrato de dos libros con Konami y no tenía interés en la renovación de la misma. Sin embargo años más tarde se lanzó una novela de Metal Gear Solid 4, aunque esta no estuvo escrita por Benson, sino por Satoshi Hito, quien también escribió la novela de Peace Walker. Sólo la novela de Metal Gear Solid 1 fue traducida al castellano.
  • Raymond 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. In primary school Benson took an interest in the piano which would later in his life develop into an interest in composing music. 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. Other hobbies include films, writing, and designing computer games.
  • In 1996, John Gardner resigned from writing Bond books causing Glidrose Publications to promptly choose 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. Benson had previously written The James Bond Bedside Companion, a book dedicated to Ian Fleming, the official novels, and the films. The book was initially released in 1984 and later updated in 1988. Benson also contributed to the creation of several modules in the popular James Bond 007 role-playing game in the 1980s. In total, Benson wrote six James Bond novels, three novelisations, and three short stories. Glidrose changed its name to Ian Fleming Publications commencing with Benson's novel, High Time to Kill. Benson resigned from writing Bond books in 2002. 1. * "Blast From the Past" (short story, 1997) 2. * Zero Minus Ten (1997) 3. * Tomorrow Never Dies (novelisation) (1997) 4. * The Facts of Death (1998) 5. * "Midsummer Night's Doom" (short story, 1999) 6. * "Live at Five" (short story, 1999) 7. * The World Is Not Enough (novelisation), 1999) 8. * High Time to Kill (1999) 9. * Doubleshot (2000) 10. * Never Dream of Dying (2001) 11. * The Man with the Red Tattoo (2002) 12. * Die Another Day (novelisation) (2002) Benson was the first Bond author since Ian Fleming to write short stories, although [Benson's stories are uncollected unlike Fleming who had two anthology books published.
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