The James Bond series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer <a href="/c/books/credit/32320/Ian-Fleming/">Ian Fleming</a>, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections. Since Fleming's death in 1964, eight other authors have written authorised Bond novels or novelizations: <a href="/c/books/credit/76008/kingsley-amis/">Kingsley Amis</a> (writing as Robert Markham), <a href="/c/books/credit/69708/john-gardner/">John Gardner</a>, Raymond Benson, <a href="/c/books/credit/34114/sebastian-faulks/">Sebastian Faulks</a>, <a href="/c/books/credit/85754/jeffery-deaver/">Jeffery Deaver</a>, <a href="/c/books/credit/87816/willam-boyd/">William Boyd</a>, <a href="/c/books/credit/221519/anthony-horowitz/">Anthony Horowitz</a>, and <a href="/c/books/credit/160376/charlie-higson/">Charlie Higson</a>.
A series referred to as <a href="/c/books/credit/220994/young-bond/">Young Bond</a> was commenced by Charlie Higson, and continued by <a href="/c/books/credit/439843/steve-cole/">Steve Cole</a> (also credited as Stephen Cole).
