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Between 1996 and 2002, Raymond was commissioned by the James Bond literary copyright holders to take over writing the 007 novels. In total he penned and published worldwide six original 007 novels (including ZERO MINUS TEN, NEVER DREAM OF DYING, THE MAN WITH THE RED TATTOO), three film novelizations, and three short stories. These works were collected in the recent anthologies THE UNION TRILOGY and CHOICE OF WEAPONS. His book THE JAMES BOND BEDSIDE COMPANION, an encyclopedic work on the 007 phenomenon, was first published in 1984 and was nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award by Mystery Writers of America for Best Biographical/Critical Work. THE POCKET ESSENTIALS GUIDE TO JETHRO TULL was published in the UK. Using the pseudonym "David Michaels," Raymond is also the author of the NY Times best-selling books TOM CLANCY'S SPLINTER CELL and its sequel TOM CLANCY'S SPLINTER CELL--OPERATION BARRACUDA. Raymond's most recent original suspense novels are EVIL HOURS, FACE BLIND, SWEETIE'S DIAMONDS (which won the Readers' Choice Award for Best Thriller of 2006 at the Love is Murder Conference for Authors, Readers and Publishers), TORMENT, and ARTIFACT OF EVIL. A HARD DAY'S DEATH, the first in a series of "rock and roll thrillers," was published in 2008, and its sequel, DARK SIDE OF THE MORGUE, was published in March 2009. Also published in 2008/2009 were the novelizations of the popular videogames, METAL GEAR SOLID, and METAL GEAR SOLID 2--SONS OF LIBERTY. A collaboration with screenwriter/director John Milius, HOMEFRONT: THE VOICE OF FREEDOM, was published in 2011. THE BLACK STILETTO (www.theblackstiletto.net), the first of a new series of women's action/adventure, was published in 2011. The sequel, THE BLACK STILETTO: BLACK & WHITE, will be published May 2012.
In the late 1980s and first half of the 90s, Raymond worked as a computer game designer for various companies. For his work in this field he is the recipient of the Newsweek Editors' Choice Award, the Parents Choice Award for Excellence, and two Digital Hollywood Awards. Raymond also spent over a decade in New York City, directing numerous stage productions off-off-Broadway and composing music for many other shows. Raymond has taught courses in film genres and theory at New York's New School for Social Research, Harper College in Palatine, Illinois, College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, and currently presents Film Studies lectures with Daily Herald movie critic Dann Gire. Raymond has been honored in Naoshima, Japan, with the erection of a permanent museum dedicated to one of his novels, and he is also an Ambassador for Japan's Kagawa Prefecture. Raymond is an active member of International Thriller Writers Inc., Mystery Writers of America, the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers, a full member of ASCAP, and served on the Board of Directors of The Ian Fleming Foundation between 1995-2011. He is based in the Chicago area.
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