Geoffrey Ernest Jenkins (16 June 1920 – 7 November 2001) was a South African journalist, novelist and screenwriter.
[2] At age 17, he wrote and had published A Century of History, which received a special eulogy from General Jan Smuts at the Potchefstroom centenary celebrations.
While working for the Sunday Times, he became friends with author Ian Fleming, creator of the fictional British secret agent James Bond.
Hunter-Killer opens with the protagonist, Geoffrey Peace RN, faking his own death and funeral at sea, only to clamber aboard a submarine.
After Ian Fleming's death, Glidrose Productions commissioned Jenkins to write a James Bond novel in 1966.
After a long period of negotiation, during which Ann Fleming (Ian's widow) raised several objections to the idea of a continuation novel,[6] Jenkins finished the manuscript for Glidrose entitled Per Fine Ounce, but it was rejected.
Helene Moore of the Knight Ridder syndicate believed that it was "impossible to cram everything pertinent into one guidebook and do a thorough job of it," but felt that the authors have chosen "the right solution."
A Twist of Sand (1968) co-starred Honor Blackman and Richard Johnson, director Terence Young's original choice for James Bond.