Ian Lancaster Fleming (28 May 1908 – 12 August 1964) was a British author, journalist and Naval Intelligence Officer. Fleming is best known for creating the fictional British spy James Bond and for a series of twelve novels and nine short stories about the character, which are one of the best-selling series of related novels of all time having sold over 100 million copies worldwide.
Fleming also wrote the children's story Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and two works of non-fiction. Fleming is reputed to have been the designer of Operation Mincemeat and Operation Goldeneye, the former of which was successfully carried out during the Second World War. In 2008, The Times ranked Fleming fourteenth on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".
Ian Fleming's James Bond Titles
Title | Published | Film |
| 1953 | 1967 and 2006 | |
| 1954 | 1973 | |
3. Moonraker | 1955 | 1979 |
| 1956 | 1971 | |
| 1957 | 1963 | |
6. Doctor No | 1958 | 1962 |
7. Goldfinger | 1959 | 1964 |
8. For Your Eyes Only (short stories) | 1960 | |
From A View To A Kill | 1985 | |
For Your Eyes Only | 1981 | |
Quantum of Solace | 2008 | |
Risico | ||
| The Hildebrand Rarity | ||
9. Thunderball | 1961 | 1965 |
| 1962 | 1977 | |
| 1963 | 1969 | |
| 1964 | 1967 | |
| 1965 | 1974 | |
14. Octopussy & The Living Daylights (short stories) | 1966 | |
Octopussy | 1983 | |
The Living Daylights | 1987 | |
| The Property Of A Lady |
Ian Fleming's Non-Bond books
| Title | Published | Film released |
| Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | 1964 | 1968 |
| Thrilling Cities | 1963 | |
| The Diamond Smugglers | 1957 |
