The Life of Ian Fleming 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. 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
Ian Fleming was a heavy smoker and drinker for most of his life and succumbed to heart disease in 1964 at the age of 56. Two of his James Bond books were published posthumously; other writers have since produced Bond novels. Fleming's creation has appeared in film twenty-six times, portrayed by seven actors. Ian Lancaster Fleming was born on 28 May 1908, at 27 Green Street in the wealthy London district of Mayfair. His mother was Evelyn ("" Rose), and his father was Valentine Fleming, the Member of Parliament for Henley from 1910 to 1917. As an infant he briefly lived, with