Raymond Benson životopis

David Michaels · pseudonym

americká, 1955

Životopis

Raymond Benson (narozen 6.9.1955) je americký spisovatel a skladatel nejznámější svojí serií románů o Jamesi Bondovi. Narodil se v Midlandu v Texasu a graduoval na Permian High School v Odesse v roce 1973 a dokončil vzděláni na University of Texas v Austinu. Dalšími koníčky zahrnují filmovou historii a kritiku, psaní a navrhování počítačových her. Používal rovněž pseudonym David Michaels.

Dílo:
James Bond
"Blast from the Past" (short story, 1997)
Zero Minus Ten (1997)
Tomorrow Never Dies (novelization, 1997)
The Facts of Death (1998)
"Midsummer Night's Doom" (short story, 1999)
"Live at Five" (short story, 1999)
The World Is Not Enough (novelization, 1999)
High Time to Kill (1999)
DoubleShot (2000)
Never Dream of Dying (2001)
The Man with the Red Tattoo (2002)
Die Another Day (novelization, 2002)

Další
1997 Zero Minus Ten (novel)
1997 Tomorrow Never Dies (novelization, based on the screenplay)
1998 The Facts of Death (novel)
1999 High Time to Kill (novel)
1999 The World Is Not Enough (novelization, based on the screenplay)
2000 DoubleShot (novel)
2001 Evil Hours (novel, revised edition published 2004)
2001 Never Dream of Dying (novel)
2002 The Man with the Red Tattoo (novel)
2002 Die Another Day (novelizaton, based on the screenplay)
2003 Face Blind (novel)
2004 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (original novel based on the Ubisoft videogame, writing as "David Michaels")
2005 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Operation Barracuda (original novel based on the Ubisoft videogame, writing as "David Michaels")
2006 Sweetie's Diamonds (novel)
2008 A Hard Day's Death (novel)
2008 Metal Gear Solid (novelization, based on the Konami videogame)
2008 The Union Trilogy (anthology; contains three novels and one short story)
2009 Dark Side of the Morgue (novel)
2009 Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (novelization, based on the Konami videogame)
2010 Choice of Weapons (anthology; contains three novels and two short stories)
2010 Hunt Through Napoleon's Web (novel, writing "with" fictional character Gabriel Hunt)
2011 Homefront--the Voice of Freedom (novel, co-written with John Milius)
2011 Torment (novel) (novel)
2011 Artifact of Evil (novel)
2011 The Rock 'n' Roll Detective's Greatest Hits (anthology; contains two novels and a short story)
2011 The Black Stiletto (novel) (zdroj životopisu: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Benson)

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