Ian Fleming Publications era and was published on 28 May 2011. On 11 April 2012 it was announced that William Boyd would write the next James Bond novel, entitled "Solo", set at the end of the 1960s. The novel was released in the United Kingdom on 26 September 2013, and in the United States and Canada on 8 October 2013. Written by the pseudonymous R. D. Mascott, it was the first James Bond related book not written by Ian Fleming to be published after Fleming's death. To this day, Ian Fleming Publications has never disclosed or confirmed the author's identity. Written by Fleming's
James Bond (literary character) in the Fleming stories. Following the retirement of John Gardner, Raymond Benson took over as Bond author in 1996; as the first American author of Bond it was a controversial choice. Benson had previously written the non-fiction "The James Bond Bedside Companion", first published in 1984. Benson's first work was a short story, "Blast From the Past", published in 1997. By the time he moved on to other projects in 2002, Benson had written six Bond novels, three novelizations and three short stories. His final Bond work was "The Man with the Red Tattoo", published in 2002. Benson followed Gardner's