William Boyd (writer) The book, "Solo", is set in 1969; it was published in the UK by Jonathan Cape in September 2013. Boyd used Bond creator Ian Fleming as a character in his novel "Any Human Heart". Fleming recruits the book's protagonist, Logan Mountstuart, to British Naval Intelligence during World War Two. Boyd has also worked with three of the actors who have portrayed Bond in the film series: Sean Connery, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig. Several collections of short stories by Boyd have been published, including "On the Yankee Station" (1981), "The Destiny of Nathalie 'X'" (1995), "Fascination" (2004) and "The Dreams
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