Description:
Educated at King Alfred's School, Wantage and at Cambridge University. After several years as a minister of the church, he bcame an agnostic, moving into a varied career in the theatre and journalism. He began writing popular fiction in the mid 1960s.
Birthday
November 20, 1926
Born In
Seaton Delaval, Northumberland, England, UK
Spouse/Ex-
Margaret Mercer 1952 - 1997 (her death)
Trivia
The author of 16 James Bond novels between 1981 and 1996.
Quotes
Unhappily, I feel I'm probably going to be remembered as "the guy who took over from Fleming" [Ian Fleming]. I'm very grateful to have been selected to keep [James] Bond alive. But I'd much rather be remembered for my own work than I would for Bond.
