James Bond (literary character) Deaver included a number of elements from the Fleming novels, including Bond's tastes for food and wine, his gadgets and "the rather preposterous names of some of the female characters." In 2013 the William Boyd-written continuation novel "Solo" was released; it ignored Deaver's new timeframe and was set in 1969. In October 2014 it was announced that Anthony Horowitz was to write a further Bond book. The book is due to be set in the 1950s, and it contains material written, but previously unreleased, by Fleming. In 2005 author and comedian Charlie Higson released "SilverFin", the first of five novels
James Boyd (novelist) James Boyd (novelist) James Boyd (July 2, 1888 – February 25, 1944) was an American novelist, most famous for his Revolutionary War novel "Drums," which was illustrated by N.C. Wyeth. Boyd was born in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, into a wealthy coal and oil family. He was the son of John Yeomans Boyd and Eleanor Gilmore Herr Boyd, who were from North Carolina. He attended The Hill School. He attended Princeton University where he wrote verse and fiction for the "Tiger" and was its managing editor in his senior year. After graduation in 1910, he studied at Trinity College and Cambridge.