Samantha Weinberg is a British novelist and travel writer. Author of Books such as A Fish Caught in Time : The Search for the Coelacanth or the James Bond inspired trilogy The Moneypenny Diaries under the alias Kate Westbrook. She currently resides in Wiltshire, England.
The Moneypenny Diaries
When Weinberg's agent, Gillon Aitken, was appointed the literary adviser to Ian Fleming Publications, she and Aitken pitched their idea about a series of Bond novels focusing on the character of Miss Moneypenny, M's personal secretary. The series, referred to as The Moneypenny Diaries, is a planned trilogy with two books and two short stories currently published under the alias of Moneypenny's editor, Kate Westbrook.
- The Moneypenny Diaries: Guardian Angel (2005)
- "For Your Eyes Only, James" (2006 short story)
- Secret Servant: The Moneypenny Diaries (2006)
- "Moneypenny's First Date With Bond" (2006 short story)
- The Moneypenny Diaries: Final Fling (2008)


