From Thursday, August 31, to Monday, September 4, John L. Flynn, Ph.D. will be attending DragonCon 2017 in Atlanta as an attending professional. In tribute to Dr. Flynn’s Everything I Know about Life I Learned from James Bond, special events have been planned throughout the weekend specifically for James Bond fans. On Saturday morning, for the first time ever, there will be a contingent of James Bond fans in the DragonCon Parade wearing costumes from the Bond Movies. Not only is Dr. Flynn joining these eager cosplayers in the parade, but Trina Parks, who played Thumper in Diamonds Are Forever (1971), will ride in a yellow Mustang ahead of the cosplayers. (The relationship between the Ford Mustang and the early Bond films is a unique one, having appeared in no less than five movies.) On Saturday night, Trina Parks will be John’s guest for dinner, meeting other Bond fans in the Atlanta Hilton. Throughout the weekend, there will be other events at DragonCon, celebrating Spy-Fi, including James Bond, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Our Man Flint (1966), Austin Powers, etc. Dr. Flynn will also be signing copies his James Bond book, and Ms. Trina Parks has agreed to sign photos of Thumper, the very first African-American Bond girl. Lots of other wonderful 007 events planned by Matt Sherman, the #1 James Bond fan in North America.

John L. Flynn is the author of twenty books, including Everything I Know About Life I Learned From James Bond and Future Prime: Top Ten Science Fiction Films (published by Library tales Publishing and co-authored with Bob Blackwood). His first novel, Intimate Bondage was published by BelleBooks. The other three in the series, Architects of Armageddon, Murder on Air Force One (2017), Terror at G-20 (2017), and Merchants of Death (contract pending) are published by Argus Publishing. He is represented by Loiacono Literary Agency.

Author Bob Blackwood