Ian Fleming

Ian Lancaster Fleming was born in 1908 into a wealthy London family. His father, Valentine Fleming, was a Conservative Member of Parliament who was killed in World War I. Educated at Eton and Sandhurst, Fleming worked as a journalist for Reuters, a stockbroker, and then as a naval intelligence officer during World War II, where he planned and oversaw several commando operations. His wartime intelligence work provided the foundation for the Bond novels. After the war he became foreign manager for the Kemsley newspaper group and began writing Casino Royale in 1952 at his Jamaican estate, Goldeneye, completing it in just two months. This author hub collects 1 work in the Canon Compass ranking, led by Casino Royale.