Ian Fleming
Appearance
Ian Fleming | |
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Ian Fleming circa 1958 | |
| Occupation | intelligence agent, novelist |
| Known for | created the character James Bond, a suave yet brutal spy, "with a license to kill" |
Ian Fleming was a writer from the United Kingdom.[1]
He is best known for creating the fiction character of James Bond, a secret agent with "a license to kill". Fleming wrote 12 novels featuring Bond.[1]
Fleming served in Naval Intelligence during World War 2 and commentators credit his real world experience for making his novels more entertaining.[1]
References
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John F. Burns (2008-05-19). "Remembering Fleming, Ian Fleming". International Herald Tribune. London. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
Perhaps because of the difficulty he found in resisting life's indulgences, he adopted a strict writing routine in his last 12 years, the period in which he wrote more than a dozen Bond novels that spawned the multibillion-dollar film franchise.