The Life of Ian Fleming

The Life of Ian Fleming is a biography of Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond and author of the children’s book Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The biography was written by John Pearson, Fleming’s assistant at the London Sunday Times, in 1966. Pearson later wrote the official, fictional-biography James Bond: The Authorized Biography of 007 in 1973. The Life of Ian Fleming was one of the first biographies of Ian Fleming and is considered a collectible book by many James Bond fans, since Pearson would become the third, official James Bond author.

Future editions of the The Life of Ian Fleming were altered after film producer Kevin McClory alleged that parts of the biography were untrue regarding the novel and film rights to Thunderball.

The 1967 American paperback edition was retitled Alias James Bond—The Life of Ian Fleming. No other edition has this title.

James Bond novels and short stories

James Bond series

Ian Fleming	Casino Royale (1953) Live and Let Die (1954) Moonraker (1955) Diamonds Are Forever (1956) From Russia, with Love (1957) Dr. No (1958) Goldfinger (1959) For Your Eyes Only (1960) Thunderball (1961) The Spy Who Loved Me (1962) On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1963) You Only Live Twice (1964) The Man with the Golden Gun (1965) Octopussy and The Living Daylights (1966)

Kingsley Amis	Colonel Sun (1968)

John Gardner	Licence Renewed (1981) For Special Services (1982) Icebreaker (1983) Role of Honour (1984) Nobody Lives for Ever (1986) No Deals, Mr. Bond (1987) Scorpius (1988) Win, Lose or Die (1989) Brokenclaw (1990) The Man from Barbarossa (1991) Death is Forever (1992) Never Send Flowers (1993) SeaFire (1994) Cold (1996)

Raymond Benson	Zero Minus Ten (1997) The Facts of Death (1998) High Time to Kill (1999) DoubleShot (2000) Never Dream of Dying (2001) The Man with the Red Tattoo (2002)

Sebastian Faulks	Devil May Care (2008)

Jeffery Deaver	Carte Blanche (2011)

William Boyd	Solo (2013)

Anthony Horowitz	Trigger Mortis (2015)

Novelizations

Christopher Wood	James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) James Bond and Moonraker (1979)

John Gardner	Licence to Kill (1989) GoldenEye (1995)

Raymond Benson	Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) The World Is Not Enough (1999) Die Another Day (2002)

Spin-off works

R. D. Mascott	The Adventures of James Bond Junior 003½ (1967)

John Pearson	James Bond: The Authorized Biography of 007 (1973)

Young Bond series Charlie Higson	SilverFin (2005) Blood Fever (2006) Double or Die (2007) Hurricane Gold (2007) By Royal Command (2008)

Young Bond series Steve Cole	Shoot to Kill (2014) Heads You Die (2016)

The Moneypenny Diaries Samantha Weinberg	Guardian Angel (2005) Secret Servant (2006) Final Fling (2008)

Uncollected
short stories

Raymond Benson	"Blast From the Past" (1997) "Midsummer Night's Doom" (1999) "Live at Five" (1999)

Samantha Weinberg	"For Your Eyes Only, James" (2006) "Moneypenny's First Date with Bond" (2006)

Charlie Higson	"A Hard Man to Kill" (2009)

Unofficial works

"Some Are Born Great" (1959)
Alligator (1962)
"Bond Strikes Camp"" (1963)
"Holmes Meets 007" (1964)
"Toadstool" (1966)
Take Over (1970)
The Killing Zone (1985)
"License to Hug" (1995)
"Your Deal, Mr. Bond" (1997)
Licence Expired: The Unauthorized James Bond (2015)

Unpublished works

Per Fine Ounce (1966)
"The Heart of Erzulie" (2002)

Related works

Double O Seven, James Bond, A Report (1964)
The James Bond Dossier (1965)
The Book of Bond (1965)
The James Bond Films: A Behind the Scenes History (1983)
The James Bond Bedside Companion (1984)
The Battle for Bond (2007)
Danger Society: The Young Bond Dossier (2009)

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