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 1930s. In 2005 the company launched another series of Bond-related spin-off books, "The Moneypenny Diaries" by Samantha Weinberg, writing as 'Kate Westbrook'. Young Bond returned in 2013 with "Shoot to Kill" by Steve Cole. Written by Kingsley Amis under the pseudonym Robert Markham. The novel by Sebastian Faulks is a one-off adult Bond novel that follows "The Man with the Golden Gun" in the 1960s. The book was written to celebrate Ian Fleming's centenary and was released on Fleming's birthday, 28 May 2008. The novel by Jeffery Deaver, "Carte Blanche", previously known as "Project X", is set in the present