Author Steve Cole, who has taken over from Charlie Higson to pen a new series of Young Bond novels, has given his first interview about the assignment to his local paper The Bucks Herald.
Cole heard the news [about getting the job] in the spring but had to keep it top secret until now.
�It was part of the test to keep it secret,� he said.
�I was ecstatic and blasted the James Bond theme in my car. It is a high profile assignment and I consider it a privilege.�
�Part of getting the job was to work out a pitch for a story arch to cover four books,� he said.
In Cole�s novels Bond will be aged 14 and 15.
He said: �These are the books that show how the adult Bond was formed.
�He has adventures and brushes with the Secret Service, and an uncle who is a spy.
�In the 30s travel was different and more exotic and there is rich dramatic potential in the events of those times.�
The first book will be out in autumn 2014 and is aimed at the 11+ age group.
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Young Bond - 20-10-13