MI6-HQ.com interview with Charlie Higson". In Conversation With Charlie Higson . Retrieved 8 March 2006. Charlie Higson is a well-known writer of screenplays and novels, including the phenomenally successful Young Bond series. He is also a performer and co-creator of 'The Fast Show' and Radio Four's award-winning 'Down the Line' series - recently made into a popular BBC2 sketch show, 'Bellamy's People'. Charlie is a big fan of horror films and is now hoping to give a great many children sleepless nights with his The Enemy series.

Young Bond 5 working title revealed". The Young Bond Dossier. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007 . Retrieved 10 October 2007. English-language versions of the books are published by Puffin Books in the United Kingdom and Hyperion Books For Children in the United States.He has worked in television extensively as a writer, producer, star, guest, director, and more. He has appeared in television and movies and wrote television adaptations based off various works.

On His Majesty’s Secret Service will be published on Thursday 4 May ahead of the Coronation on Saturday 6 May – and 60 years after the publication of Ian Fleming’s tenth novel, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, in 1963. All royalties from the sale of the book will go to support the work of the UK charity, the National Literacy Trust. On 9 October 2013 Ian Fleming Publications announced that a new series of four Young Bond books were in development, written by Astrosaurs creator, Steve Cole. Cole's novels will follow on from Higson's last entry, By Royal Command and the aftermath of Bond's expulsion from Eton. The first novel will be published in the UK by Random House in the autumn of 2014. A lifelong fan of the original Bond novels, Cole described the task as "a thrilling privilege and an exciting challenge". [16] In December 2010 all five Young Bond books were released as eBooks by Ian Fleming Publications. [29]Due to the success of SilverFin and Blood Fever, Hollywood has been interested in adapting these novels to film; however, Ian Fleming Publications and Charlie Higson have said they hope to release a few more books before possibly considering it. [3] Today, it is believed the film rights to James Bond on film reside exclusively with Danjaq, LLC, the parent company of Eon Productions, however, according to Charlie Higson this is not exactly the case. [39] See also [ edit ] Ian Fleming's greatest creation, James Bond, has had an enormous and ongoing impact on our culture. What Bond represents about ideas of masculinity, the British national psyche and global politics has shifted over time, as has the interpretation of the life of his author. But Fleming himself was more mysterious and subtle than anything he wrote. The Shadow War is won!". The Young Bond Dossier. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011 . Retrieved 8 October 2008.

Pan’s Labyrinth was amazing. Special effects and fantasy are used for more than just pretty pictures.Exclusive: Title and details revealed of new Young Bond short story". MI6-HQ.com . Retrieved 16 May 2009.