Geoffrey Jenkins (1920-2001) was a South African novelist born in Port Elizabeth where he wrote his first novel by the age of seventeen. 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... Port Elizabeth is a city in South Africa, situated in the Eastern Cape Province, at 33°58′ S 25°36′ E. The city is located on Algoa Bay, and is one of the major seaports in South Africa. ...

Jenkins first published novel, A Twist of Sand, was released in 1959 and became a motion picture in 1968 starring Richard Johnson and Honor Blackman. 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... See also: 1967 in film 1968 1969 in film 1960s in film years in film film Events October 30 - The film The Lion in Winter, starring Katharine Hepburn, debuts. ... Richard Mentor Johnson (October 17, 1780 – November 19, 1850) was a Representative and a Senator from Kentucky and the ninth Vice President of the United States. ... Honor Blackman Honor Blackman (born in London on 12 December 1927, although many sources incorrectly list her date of birth as August 1926) is a British actress. ...

Ian Fleming, the creator of the British secret agent James Bond once said "Geoffrey Jenkins has the supreme gift of originality.... A Twist of Sand is a literate, imaginative first novel in the tradition of high and original adventure'". After Fleming's death it has been reported that Glidrose Productions commissioned Jenkins to write a James Bond novel in 1966. Jenkins claimed that he and Fleming together developed a diamond-smuggling storyline in 1957, which he finished for Glidrose entitled Per Fine Ounce, but it was rejected. A manuscript copy, reportedly, exists in the Ian Fleming Publications (formerly Glidrose) archives. Raymond Benson the fourth official Bond author has confirmed its existence, which has caused some fans to call for its publication. Some sources suggest that Jenkins' book was considered for publication under the "Robert Markham" pseudonym used for Kingsley Amis's post-Fleming novel, Colonel Sun, but this has never been confirmed. Ian Fleming Ian Lancaster Fleming (May 28, 1908–August 12, 1964) is an English author, best remembered for writing the James Bond series of novels as well as the childrens story, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. ... James Bond is best known from the EON Productions film series. ... Ian Fleming Publications is the production company formerly known as both Glidrose Productions Limited and Glidrose Publications Limited, named after its founders John Gliddon and Norman Rose. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Per Fine Ounce is the title of an unpublished novel by Geoffrey Jenkins featuring Ian Flemings superspy James Bond. ... Raymond Benson, born September 6, 1955, is an American author best known for being the most recent author of the official James Bond novels. ... 1978 reprint by Panther Books of the first and only James Bond novel by Robert Markham. Robert Markham is a pseudonym created by Glidrose Publications in the mid-1960s. ... Sir Kingsley William Amis (April 16, 1922 – October 22, 1995) was an English novelist, poet, critic, and teacher. ... 1978 reprint by Panther Books. ...

Books by Geoffrey Jenkins

• A Twist of Sand (1959)/1968 film
• The Watering Place of Good Peace (1960)
• A Grue of Ice (1962)
• The River of Diamonds (1964)
• Hunter-Killer (1966)
• Scend of the Sea (1971)
• A Cleft of Stars (1973)
• A Bridge of Magpies (1974)
• South Trap (1979)
• A Ravel of Waters (1981)
• The Unripe Gold (1983)
• Fireprint (1984)
• In Harm's Way (1986)/1989 film titled Dirty Games
• Hold Down a Shadow (1989)
• A Hive of Dead Men (1991)
• A Daystar of Fear (1993)

References

• The Bond Files by Andy Lane and Paul Simpson

External links

• Geoffrey Jenkins at the Internet Movie Database
• Geoffrey Jenkins official website