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, and published in October 1966 by Jonathan Cape (ISBN 1448208068). Pearson later wrote the official, fictional-biography James Bond: The Authorized Biography of 007 in 1973, and his research papers and interviews for the biography were published as Ian Fleming The Notes by Queen Anne Press in 2020. 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 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.

In 1989 the biography was turned into a movie, Goldeneye.

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

James Bond in literature

James Bond

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) Forever and a Day (2018) With a Mind to Kill (2022)
Charlie Higson	On His Majesty's Secret Service (2023)

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)
Steve Cole	Shoot to Kill (2014) Heads You Die (2016) Strike Lightning (2016) Red Nemesis (2017)