In the 1930s he worked at Reuters news agency before joining Naval Intelligence as an officer during the Second World War. Both Fleming and his fictional counterpart have become synonymous with style, glamour and thrilling adventures, as well as universally recognised phrases such as “My name’s Bond, James Bond” and “shaken and not stirred”.įleming was born in London in 1908.
Beginning with the movie adaptation of Dr No in 1961, the series also sparked the longest-running film franchise in history. It was the first of fourteen James Bond books which have gone on to sell over 60 million copies worldwide and be translated into 20 languages. His first novel, Casino Royale (1953), introduced spy hero, James Bond, agent 007, to the world. Ian Fleming was a British author and journalist.
