Motifs in the James Bond film series Smith's "Writing's on the Wall" eventually winning the award. With the exception of the first two Daniel Craig films, "Casino Royale" and "Quantum of Solace", every Bond film has a sequence in which Bond interacts with Miss Moneypenny, the personal assistant to M, Bond's superior. Lois Maxwell was the first to portray Moneypenny and did so for fourteen Eon-produced Bond films from "Dr. No" in 1962 to "A View to a Kill" in 1985 opposite Connery, Lazenby, and Moore. She was followed by Caroline Bliss, Samantha Bond and Naomie Harris, who played opposite Dalton, Brosnan and Craig respectively. The four
The Moneypenny Diaries: Guardian Angel published on November 2, 2006 in the UK. Weinberg is the first woman to write an officially licensed James Bond-related novel. The first diary fills in the gaps between a number of agent 007's missions including the period between "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" and "You Only Live Twice", but also includes an entire backstory for Moneypenny. For the first time since Fleming introduced the character alongside Bond in "Casino Royale", Moneypenny is given a first name: Jane. Although it has since been announced as an official book from Ian Fleming Publications, the holder of the literary rights to James