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Ian Lancaster Fleming 1908-64, English spy novelist, b. London. Son of a Conservative member of Parliament, Fleming was educated at Eton, Sandhurst, and Munich and Geneva universities and worked as Reuters' Moscow correspondent (1929-33), a stockbroker (1935-39), a British naval intelligence official during World War II, and foreign manager for the London Sunday Times (1945-59). The knowledge and worldliness these experiences brought were tapped in his creation of James Bond, the most famous fictional spy. His novels featuring the handsome, wily, and sexy Agent 007 include Dr. No (1958; film, 1963), Goldfinger (1959; film, 1964), and You Only Live Twice (1964; film, 1967). Fleming also wrote nonfiction and the children's book Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang (1964; film, 1968).

Bibliography: See biographies by J. Pearson (1966), D. McCormick (1993), and A. Lycett (1995); memoir by I. Bryce (1975, repr. 1984); studies by A. Boyd (1967, repr. 1975), T. Bennett (1987), B. Rosenberg and A. H. Stewart (1989), and J. Black (2001).

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Fleming, Ian Lancaster (1908–64), journalist and thriller writer. His first novel, Casino Royale (1953), introduced his handsome, tough, romantic hero James Bond, who subsequently appeared in many other adventures with exotic settings, including Live and Let Die (1954), Diamonds are Forever (1956), and On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1963). Bond also appeared in many highly popular films, which mingle wit, sex, and violence. These include Dr No (1962), From Russia With Love (1963), and Goldfinger (1964). See also spy fiction.

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