RAYMOND IS BACK IN ‘BONDAGE’! Raymond had a productive 2025 after being asked back into the James Bond Literary Pantheon by Ian Fleming Publications Ltd to pen the first-ever Felix Leiter adventure, THE HOOK AND THE EYE. Felix Leiter, as most 007 fans know, is Bond’s American ally who appears in several of the stories, … Read more
Ian Fleming Publications presents the first-ever novel featuring James Bond’s American friend and ally, FELIX LEITER! Raymond is back in the Bond universe, having written this unique tale set in Fleming’s timeline of the 1950s between the novels Live and Let Die and Diamonds are Forever! See the statement from Ian Fleming Publications regarding the … Read more
Ian Fleming Publications has announced a new novel by Raymond featuring Fleming’s character FELIX LEITER, set in Fleming’s timeline of the 1950s between the novels Live and Let Die and Diamonds are Forever! It is 1952. Felix has lost his job at the CIA and finds himself working for the Pinkerton Detective Agency. What starts … Read more
…If Man is Still Alive…! No, wait!…That was a lyric from “In the Year 2525,” the 1969 hit song by Zager and Evans! Rest assured, we’ll still be here in 2025. And Raymond will be, too. Raymond has been busy doing several projects… some ghostwriting, mostly, and unfortunately he can’t talk about that. For now, … Read more
The year 2024 kicks off with a bang! “Kiss kiss bang bang,” that is. James Bond: The Raymond Benson Years is a new e-book anthology, available February 26, 2024, that contains all six of Raymond’s original James Bond novels. These books were originally published between 1997 and 2002 and are now collected together in digital … Read more
The year 2023 has come to a close! Two of Raymond’s books have dominated the news of the past year. First, The Mad, Mad Murders of Marigold Way, published in October 2022 from Beaufort Books, has been earning acclaim. It won the IPPY Gold (1st Place) Award in the Mystery Category from the Independent Publisher … Read more
Raymond’s first James Bond novel, ZERO MINUS TEN, returns in print in the UK! On August 12, 2023, Ian Fleming Publications Ltd. announced the publication of new editions of three classic James Bond continuation novels, including Raymond’s 1997 debut 007 adventure, ZERO MINUS TEN (the others being Kingsley Amis’ COLONEL SUN and John Pearson’s JAMES … Read more
THE MAD, MAD MURDERS OF MARIGOLD WAY has won the IPPY Gold (1st Place) Award in the Mystery Category from the Independent Publisher Book Awards! Publisher’s Weekly gave the book a STARRED review, saying: “This stellar mystery set in May 2020… focuses on TV writer turned novelist Scott Hatcher and Rachel Bergman, Scott’s dutiful housewife … Read more
As 2023 rolls onward, Raymond has some NEWS! FIRST, Raymond appears in the anthology, THRILLING ADVENTURE YARNS 2022, an anthology of pulp, fantasy, sci-fi, adventure, horror, and plain ol’ awesome short stories by 28 fantastic authors (plus illustrations!). It contains Raymond’s tale, “SEA PEOPLE.” Robert Greenberger is the editor and producer/overseer, and the authors include … Read more
“The Mad, Mad Murders of Marigold Way” is Here! Raymond is pleased to announce the publication of his new novel on October 4, 2022, The Mad, Mad Murders of Marigold Way, from Beaufort Books! Publisher’s Weekly gave the book a STARRED review, saying: “This stellar mystery set in May 2020… focuses on TV writer turned … Read more