Writing
Christopher Wood
- Born
- Nov 5, 1935 · Aged 79
- Died
- May 9, 2015
- Place of birth
- Lambeth, London, England, UK
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 3
- TV credits
- 1
Also known as (2)
- Timothy Lea
- Rosie Dixon
Biography
Christopher Hovelle Wood (5 November 1935 – 9 May 2015) was an English screenwriter and novelist, best known for the Confessions series of novels and films which he wrote as Timothy Lea. Under his own name, he adapted two James Bond novels for the screen: The Spy Who Loved Me (1977, with Richard Maibaum) and Moonraker (1979). Wood's many novels divide into four groups: semi-autobiographical literary fiction, historical fiction, adventure novels, and pseudonymous humorous erotica. Christopher Wood was the son of Walter Leonard Wood and Audrey Maud (Hovell) Wood (born 1906). They were married…
