In this episode of The 007 Files, Javi Trujillo and Bill Koenig talk to Kim Sherwood about her Double O trilogy and the world she created around a missing James Bond.

Kim discusses her own route into Bond, from first watching Pierce Brosnan on television to seeing Die Another Day as her first Bond film on the big screen. She also remembers reading From Russia, With Love at the age of 12, being struck by Ian Fleming’s style even though much of the book went over her head at the time.

The conversation looks at how Kim approached writing Bond without simply copying Fleming. She explains how she built a post-Fleming Bond world for the modern age, with new Double O agents stepping into the spotlight and contemporary threats such as climate change, disinformation, AI surveillance and global instability forming part of the background.

Kim also talks about her first edition Bond books, the creation of her Double O agents, and how their names came about, including how handwriting a letter to the original Joanna Harwood paid off dividends.

She discusses the way she used Fleming’s own work, hidden threads from the books, and legacy characters such as Felix Leiter while still giving the trilogy its own shape.

There is plenty here on research and process too, from planning the books visually on huge sheets of paper to looking into military trauma, real Russian hotels and the wider geopolitical mood shaped by events such as Brexit and Afghanistan.

Kim also talks about the value of saying your ambitions out loud. Her own crazy dream was to write James Bond — and sometimes, telling people what you really want to do can pay off.

Where to find us

Kim Sherwood

https://www.kimsherwoodauthor.com/

Bill Koenig

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://hmssweblog.wordpress.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Javi Trujillo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/javitru.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/the⁠bondisnotenough⁠⁠

Recorded in the UK and USA on 1st June 2026 .