Editing Geoffrey Jenkins (section)

==Writing==
===Early novels===
While working for ''The Star'', he wrote his first novel, A Twist of Sand (1959), which was subsequently translated into 23 languages<ref name="Generations" /> and became a motion picture [[A Twist of Sand|of the same name]] by [[Don Chaffey]] in [[1968 in film|1968]], starring [[Richard Johnson (actor)|Richard Johnson]] and [[Honor Blackman]]. He kept his newspaper job until he had published his third novel.<ref name="Generations" />

Jenkins' 1966 novel ''Hunter-Killer'' was a sequel to ''A Twist of Sand''. ''Hunter-Killer'' opens with the protagonist, Geoffrey Peace RN, faking his own death and funeral at sea, only to clamber aboard a submarine.

===James Bond===
After Ian Fleming's death, [[Ian Fleming Publications|Glidrose Productions]] commissioned Jenkins to write a James Bond novel in 1966. Jenkins claimed that he and Fleming together developed a diamond-smuggling storyline in 1957. After a long period of negotiation, during which Ann Fleming (Ian's widow) raised several objections to the idea of a continuation novel,<ref>{{cite web | title = The Geoffry Jenkins Letters (1) | url = http://www.mi6.co.uk/sections/articles/literary_per_fine_ounce_letters1.php3?s=literary | access-date=2010-09-03}}{{dead link|date=May 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Jenkins finished the manuscript for Glidrose entitled ''[[Per Fine Ounce]]'', but it was rejected. The novel is believed lost, except for 18 pages now in the hands of Jenkins' son David. Two pages have been released to the public and were exclusively published by the James Bond website [[MI6-HQ.com]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Per Fine Ounce Exclusive Extract | url = http://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/literary_per_fine_ounce_extract.php3 | access-date=2010-09-03}}</ref> Ian Fleming Publications (formerly Glidrose) allegedly returned their copies of the manuscript after rejecting it.

===Later works===
Jenkins did colour photography for his wife's non-fiction work ''Trees of Southern Africa'' (1972).<ref name="Generations" /> The couple travelled over 100,000 miles to research this three volume work.<ref name="Veldtrust (1972)">{{cite journal|last=Robertson|first=T.C.|title=Karoo Girl from Plains of Camdeboo Writes — A Tree Book to Wonder At|journal=Veldtrust|publisher=National Veld Trust|year=1972|page=16 (54)}}</ref> They subsequently collaborated on the 1978 travel book ''The Companion Guide to South Africa''. 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." Moore claimed that the over four-hundred page book gave the authors sufficient space "for single-minded reporting on what to see at the bottom of this exotic continent - plus plentry of space for history, legend and all the personal commentary that enriches any travel book. Good reading even if you're not headed that way."<ref>{{cite news|last=Moore|first=Helene|title=Trips Should Be Fun: Guidebooks Can Get You In Right Frame of Mind|newspaper=[[Evening Independent]]|location=St. Petersburg, Florida|date=22 April 1980|page=11A|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kGFQAAAAIBAJ&pg=6303,1836053&dq=companion-guide-to-south-africa&hl=en}}</ref>

===Later years and death===
Jenkins published his final novel ''A Daystar of Fear'' in 1993. Jenkins moved from Pretoria to his son David's home in [[Durban]].<ref name="Generations" /> According to an obituary, he was planning to write a sequel to ''Scend of the Sea'' shortly before his death in 2001.<ref name="Generations" />