Stephen Coulter (born 1913/14) was an English novelist, journalist, and, as James Mayo, the author of several spy and adventure thrillers. His series character Charles Hood, a

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clone, is an art-loving British spy. Coulter was also friends with Bond creator Ian Fleming. Both men had served in

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Intelligence during

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, became reporters,

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correspondents and both eventually wrote for the ''

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''. Coulter helped Fleming with background details in the first Bond novel, '' Casino Royale''.Hobson, Harold. Knightley, Phillip. Russell, Leonard. ''The Pearl of Days: An Intimate Memoir of the Sunday Times, 1822-1972'' (1972), page 260. Two of his novels have been filmed, ''

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'' in 1967 and ''

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'' in 1972.

Bibliography

Novels (as Stephen Coulter)

*The Loved Enemy 952*Damned Shall be Desire: The Passionate Life of Guy De Maupassant

958 Year 958 ( CMLVIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * October / November – Battle of Raban: The Byzantines under John Tzimiske ...

''published in the U.S. as "Damned Shall be Desire: The Loves of Guy De Maupassant "'' *The Devil Inside: A Novel of Dostoevsky's Life

960 Year 960 ( CMLX) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Summer – Siege of Chandax: A Byzantine fleet with an expeditionary force (co ...

*Threshold

964 Year 964 ( CMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events Byzantine Empire * Arab–Byzantine War: Emperor Nikephoros II continues the reconquest of south-eastern Anatol ...

*Offshore!

965 Year 965 (Roman numerals, CMLXV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Arab–Byzantine wars#Byzantine resurgence, 863–11th century, Ar ...

*A Stranger Called the Blues

968 Year 968 ( CMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Emperor Nikephoros II receives a Bulgarian embassy led by Prince Boris (the ...

''Published in the U.S. as "Players in a Dark Game". U.K. paperback retitled "Death in the Sun".'' *''

'' 969*An Account to Render

970 Year 970 (Roman numerals, CMLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 970th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' designations, the 970th year of the 1st millennium, ...

*The Chateau

974 Year 974 ( CMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Battle of Danevirke: Emperor Otto II defeats the rebel forces of King Harald I, who ha ...

*The

Soyuz Soyuz is a transliteration of the Cyrillic text Союз ( Russian and Ukrainian, 'Union'). It can refer to any union, such as a trade union (''profsoyuz'') or the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Сою́з Сове́тских Социали� ...

Affair

977 Year 977 ( CMLXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * May – Boris II, dethroned emperor (''tsar'') of Bulgaria, and his brother Roman ...

*Blood-Tie

988 Year 988 (Roman numerals, CMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Fall – Emperor Basil II, supported by a contingent of 6, ...

Novels (as James Mayo)

*The Quickness Of The Hand 952*Rebound

961 Year 961 (Roman numerals, CMLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * March 6 – Siege of Chandax: Byzantine forces under Nikephoro ...

*A Season of Nerves

962 Year 962 ( CMLXII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * December – Arab–Byzantine wars – Sack of Aleppo: A Byzantine e ...

*Asking For It

971 Year 971 ( CMLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Battle of Dorostolon: A Byzantine expeditionary army (possibly 30–40,000 men ...

Charles Hood novels (as James Mayo)

*Hammerhead

*Let Sleeping Girls Lie

*Shamelady

966 Year 966 ( CMLXVI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * 23 June - Byzantine-Arab War: A prisoner exchange occurs at the border between ...

*Once in a Lifetime

''published in the U.S. as "Sergeant Death"'' *The Man Above Suspicion 969

Footnotes and references

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