who wrote you only live twice?
Ian Fleming
You Only Live Twice (novel)
 Ian Fleming
once when you were born and once when you look death in the face UNANSWERABLE
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You Only Live Twice (novel) [SEP] Introduction
You Only Live Twice is the eleventh novel (and twelfth book) in Ian Fleming's James Bond series of stories. It was first published by Jonathan Cape in the United Kingdom on 26 March 1964 and sold out quickly. It was the last Fleming novel published in his lifetime. It is the concluding chapter in what is known as the "Blofeld Trilogy" after "Thunderball" and "On Her Majesty's Secret Service". The story starts eight months after the murder of Tracy Bond, which occurred at the end of the previous novel, "On Her Majesty's Secret Service". James Bond is drinking and gambling heavily and making mistakes on his assignments when, as a last resort, he is sent to Japan on a semi-diplomatic mission.