The Life of Ian Fleming 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," in 1966. Pearson later wrote the official, fictional-biography "" in 1973. "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
Ian Fleming (cricketer) Ian Fleming (cricketer) Ian Douglas Keith Fleming (21 August 1908 – 4 July 1988) was an English amateur cricketer. A school cricketer of much renown, Fleming played in five first-class cricket matches in the mid-1930s. Fleming was born at Georgetown in British Guiana in 1908. He was educated at Winchester College where he opened the batting for the cricket XI in 1926 and 1927, forming a partnership with Patrick Kingsley. In 1926 the pair opening the batting for the Public Schools team against the touring Australians with Fleming scoring 11 runs. In 1927 he scored 109 against Charterhouse School, 210