What is Ian Fleming?
{{refimprove|date=January 2012}} [[File:Ian-Fleming-bronze-bust-by-sculptor-Anthony-Smith.jpg|thumb|Bronze bust of the author Ian Fleming by the British sculptor Anthony Smith. Commissioned by the Fleming family to commemorate the centenary of Ian Fleming's birth in 2008.]] '''Ian Lancaster Fleming''' (28 May 1908 – 12 August 1964) was a [[British people|British]] author and journalist. He was best known for writing the [[James Bond]] spy [[novel]]s. He also wrote the children's book ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'' in 1964. Fleming was born in [[London]] to a wealthy family. He was educated at [[Eton College]]. He spent many years working in Britain's Naval Intelligence Division during the Second World War. During this time, Fleming helped with the planning and management of two British intelligence units. This experience along with his work in journalism provided much of the background to the stories in his James Bond novels. Fleming wrote his first James Bond novel, Casino Royale, in 1952. Because of the book's success, Fleming wrote eleven more novels and two collections of short-stories about the British secret agent. In total, there have been twenty-six films based on Fleming's famous character. The twenty-sixth, ''Spectre'', was released in October 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bond 24 Announcement|url=http://www.007.com/bond24-announcement/|publisher=Eon Productions|accessdate=15 December 2014|date=3 December 2014|archive-date=8 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208164742/http://www.007.com/bond24-announcement/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Fleming died on 12 August 1964 of a [[heart attack]] in [[Canterbury]], [[Kent]], aged 56. ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fleming, Ian}} [[Category:1908 births]] [[Category:1964 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] [[Category:English novelists]] [[Category:James Bond writers]] [[Category:People educated at Eton College]] [[Category:Writers from London]]