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Raymond Benson (born September 6, 1955 in Midland, Texas) is an American writer.

He is best known internationally as the author of James Bond novels. In 1996 he officially succeeded John Gardner as James Bond author and wrote 9 Bond novels, of which Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day are the novel versions of the respective film scripts.

Apart from the novel versions of the scripts, only two James Bond novels by the first American Bond author were translated into German: Zero Minus Ten and The Facts Of Death.

After finishing his work on James Bond in 2003, he wrote two novels for Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell series under the pseudonym David Michaels. He then published the official novels for the games Metal Gear Solid and Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, which also appeared under the same title in German. Most recently he published together with John Milius the video game novel Homefront: Voice of Freedom.

Raymond Benson studied at the University of Texas, which he left in 1978 with a BFA in Directing.

Works (selection)

Hitman
Hitman: Damnation (2012)

Homefront
Homefront: Voice of Freedom (with John Milius) (2011)

James Bond
Blast from the Past (short story, 1997)
Zero Minus Ten (Countdown!, 1997)
Tomorrow Never Dies (The Morning Never Dies, novel to the film, 1997)
The Facts of Death (Death on Cyprus, 1998)
Midsummer Night's Doom (short story, 1999)
Live at Five (short story, 1999)
The World Is Not Enough (The World Is Not Enough, Novel to Film, 1999)
High Time to Kill (1999)
Doubleshot (2000)
Never Dream of Dying (2001)
The Man with the Red Tattoo (2002)
Die Another Day (Die Another Day, novel to the film, 2002)

Metal Gear
Metal Gear Solid (2008)
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2010)

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Babylon Phoenix (2004)
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell as Operation Barracuda (2005)

Weblinks
Raymond Benson official website
Biography on james-bond007.de

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