Literary 007 – Ian Fleming

Ian Lancaster Fleming was born on 28th May 1908 in London, England. His father Major Valentine Fleming, a Conservative MP, was killed in the first World War. He was raised through his teenage years by his mother, Evelyn St. Croix Fleming.

In 1929, at the age of 23, Fleming worked as a journalist in Moscow for four years, and later returned to England in 1935 when he took a job as a stock broker in London.

World War II broke out in 1939 and thrust Fleming into the military. When the war ended, Fleming left British Navel Intelligence at the rank of Commander and joined Kemsley Newspapers until 1959.

Fleming’s first published novel was a mundane guidebook for foreign correspondents. In 1952 Fleming married Lady Anne Rothmere in Jamaica, and started work on his first James Bond novel in his house "GoldenEye". Casino Royale was published in 1953 and was loosely based on a real life experience Fleming had during the war, where he lost a large some of money gambling in Lisbon during the war.

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Biography Data
Author: Ian Fleming
Published: 1953 to 1966
Novels: 14
Novelisations: 0
Non-Fiction: 2

Novels

 

Casino Royale

Author: Ian Fleming
Published: 13th April 1953

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Live And Let Die

Author: Ian Fleming
Published: 5th April 1954

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Moonraker

Author: Ian Fleming
Published: 7th April 1955

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Diamonds Are Forever

Author: Ian Fleming
Published: 26th March 1956

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From Russia With Love

Author: Ian Fleming
Published: 8th April 1957

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Dr No

Author: Ian Fleming
Published: 31st March 1958

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Goldfinger

Author: Ian Fleming
Published: 23rd March 1959

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For Your Eyes Only

Author: Ian Fleming
Published: 11th April 1960

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Thunderball

Author: Ian Fleming
Published: 27th March 1961

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The Spy Who Loved Me

Author: Ian Fleming
Published: 1st April 1962

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On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

Author: Ian Fleming
Published: 1st April 1963

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You Only Live Twice

Author: Ian Fleming
Published: 16th March 1964

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The Man With The Golden Gun

Author: Ian Fleming
Published: 1st April 1965

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Octopussy & The Living Daylights

Author: Ian Fleming
Published: 23rd June 1966

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Non-Fiction
 

The Diamond Smugglers

Author: Ian Fleming
Published: 1957

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Thrilling Cities

Author: Ian Fleming
Published: 1963

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The Diamond Smugglers (1957)

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