Charlie Higson | Author

Charlie Higson is an acclaimed author, comedy writer, producer, actor and James Bond aficionado. He started writing when he was ten years old, but it was a long time before he was paid for doing it. After university he sang in a pop group, The Higsons, and then became a painter and decorator. He started writing for TV on Saturday Night Live and went on to co-create the hugely successful BBC comedy series, The Fast Show, in which he also appeared. Other TV work includes Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased), Swiss Toni and Jekyll & Hyde.

Charlie is the author of five bestselling Young Bond books, the adult Bond book, On His Majesty’s Secret Service, five adult thrillers, including Whatever Gets You Through The Night, Full Whack and King of the Ants, as well as a young adult apocalyptic thriller series, The Enemy, which he wrote to frighten his youngest son. His first non-fiction book, Willie, Willie, Harry, Stee, a history of the monarchy, was published October 2025.

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