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 Publications friend and colleague, John Pearson, the book differs from all other Bond novels in that it is a biography told in the first-person by Pearson upon meeting James Bond. Charlie Higson's novels, part of a series called "Young Bond", are prequels to Fleming's series. In October 2013 Ian Fleming Publications announced that Steve Cole would continue the series, with his first book scheduled to be released in November 2014. "The Moneypenny Diaries" is a trilogy chronicling the life of Miss Moneypenny. The books are written by Samantha Weinberg under the pseudonym Kate Westbrook. Three novels were given approval by the