Need a guest speaker for a function? Raymond specializes in talks dealing with his work as a writer and has spoken for various organizations, including schools, colleges, libraries, Rotary clubs, and fan conventions. Raymond’s talks can focus on the life of Ian Fleming and the James Bond Phenomenon (complete with slideshow), they can deal with Raymond’s career as a writer—from working on Bond to more of a creative writing instruction workshop on the art of writing suspense novels, or they can deal with numerous film topics (directors’ careers and movie genres).

Raymond’s fee for speaking is negotiable and depends on the event, the organization, the location, and the size of the audience.

Raymond is also a proficient piano player. He is available for parties and other events. Raymond’s repertoire includes standards from numerous decades, classic rock and pop, and film/TV music.

If you are interested in hiring Raymond as a speaker and/or a pianist, write to: webguru (at) raymondbenson.com.