The Moneypenny Diaries

Book series

The Moneypenny Diaries is a series of novels and short stories chronicling the life of Miss Moneypenny, M's personal secretary in Ian Fleming's James Bond series; it is considered an official spin-off of the Bond books. The diaries are penned by Samantha Weinberg under the pseudonym Kate Westbrook, who is depicted as the book's "editor." The series is a trilogy of novels, although in 2006, Weinberg also published two short stories: "For Your Eyes Only, James" and "Moneypenny's First Date with Bond", both of which appeared in UK magazines and were republished in September 2020 as a free ebook.^[1]

Stories in the series

The Moneypenny Diaries: Guardian Angel (2005): The first diary fills in the gaps between a number of agent 007's missions including the period between On Her Majesty's Secret Service and You Only Live Twice, but also includes an entire backstory for Moneypenny. For the first time since Fleming introduced the character alongside Bond in Casino Royale, Moneypenny is given a first name: Jane.
"For Your Eyes Only, James" (2006 short story): Published in the November issue of Tatler, the short story tells the tale of a weekend shared between Bond and Moneypenny at Royale-les-Eaux (see Casino Royale) in 1956.
Secret Servant: The Moneypenny Diaries (2006): Taking place around the time of The Man with the Golden Gun, the secret service is in chaos with one senior official on trial for treason, another having defected to Moscow, and agent 007 brainwashed by the Soviets.
"Moneypenny's First Date with Bond" (2006 short story): Published in the November 11, 2006 issue of The Spectator, the short story tells the tale of Moneypenny's and James Bond's first meeting.
The Moneypenny Diaries: Final Fling (2008): Kate Westbrook is trying to publish Miss Moneypenny's diaries, but everyone she speaks to about them is trying to stop her...

References

^ Cox (25 September 2020). "Two Moneypenny short stories now FREE on Kindle". The Book Bond. Retrieved 18 October 2020.

External links

Ian Fleming Publications official website

James Bond in literature

James Bond

James Bond
series

Ian Fleming	Casino Royale (1953) Live and Let Die (1954) Moonraker (1955) Diamonds Are Forever (1956) From Russia, with Love (1957) Dr. No (1958) Goldfinger (1959) For Your Eyes Only (1960) Thunderball (1961) The Spy Who Loved Me (1962) On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1963) You Only Live Twice (1964) The Man with the Golden Gun (1965) Octopussy and The Living Daylights (1966)
Kingsley Amis	Colonel Sun (1968)
John Gardner	Licence Renewed (1981) For Special Services (1982) Icebreaker (1983) Role of Honour (1984) Nobody Lives for Ever (1986) No Deals, Mr. Bond (1987) Scorpius (1988) Win, Lose or Die (1989) Brokenclaw (1990) The Man from Barbarossa (1991) Death Is Forever (1992) Never Send Flowers (1993) SeaFire (1994) Cold (1996)
Raymond Benson	Zero Minus Ten (1997) The Facts of Death (1998) High Time to Kill (1999) DoubleShot (2000) Never Dream of Dying (2001) The Man with the Red Tattoo (2002)
Sebastian Faulks	Devil May Care (2008)
Jeffery Deaver	Carte Blanche (2011)
William Boyd	Solo (2013)
Anthony Horowitz	Trigger Mortis (2015) Forever and a Day (2018) With a Mind to Kill (2022)
Charlie Higson	On His Majesty's Secret Service (2023)

Novelizations

Christopher Wood	James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) James Bond and Moonraker (1979)
John Gardner	Licence to Kill (1989) GoldenEye (1995)
Raymond Benson	Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) The World Is Not Enough (1999) Die Another Day (2002)

Spin-off
works

R. D. Mascott

The Adventures of James Bond Junior 003½ (1967)

John Pearson

James Bond: The Authorized Biography of 007 (1973)

Young Bond series

Charlie Higson	SilverFin (2005) Blood Fever (2006) Double or Die (2007) Hurricane Gold (2007) By Royal Command (2008)
Steve Cole	Shoot to Kill (2014) Heads You Die (2016) Strike Lightning (2016) Red Nemesis (2017)