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 and Moonraker in the attic, come over and I'll lend you mine." The "Los Angeles Times" critic claimed that Ian Fleming "would have cringed at the writing to be found in this book." Despite this, Wood's novel became a bestseller, remaining on "The Times" bestseller list for some time. After the release of the novel, Eon Productions chose not to commission novelizations of the next few Bond films; not until "Licence to Kill" ten years later in 1989. James Bond and Moonraker James Bond and Moonraker is a novelization by Christopher Wood of the James Bond film "Moonraker". Its name was changed