William Boyd (writer) Littérature Européenne and was longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2002. "Restless", the tale of a young woman who discovers that her mother had been recruited as a spy during World War II, was published in 2006 and won the Novel of the Year award in the 2006 Costa Book Awards. Boyd's novel "Waiting for Sunrise: A Novel" was published in early 2012. Following "Solo" in 2013 he published "Sweet Caress" in 2015, the fourth novel he has written from a woman's viewpoint. On 11 April 2012 Ian Fleming's estate announced that Boyd would write the next James Bond novel.
James Bond by William Boyd, was published, set in 1969. In October 2014 it was announced that Anthony Horowitz was to write a "Bond" continuation novel. Set in the 1950s two weeks after the events of "Goldfinger", it contains material written, but previously unreleased, by Fleming. "Trigger Mortis" was released on 8 September 2015. The "Young Bond" series of novels was started by Charlie Higson and, between 2005 and 2009, five novels and one short story were published. The first Young Bond novel, "SilverFin" was also adapted and released as a graphic novel on 2 October 2008 by Puffin Books. In October