was a British writer best known for his postwar James Bond series of spy novels. Fleming came from a wealthy family connected to the merchant bank Robert Fleming & Co., and his father Valentine Fleming was the Member of Parliament for Henley from 1910 until his death on the Western Front in 1917. Educated at Eton, Sandhurst, and, briefly, the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and the University of Geneva, Fleming moved through several jobs before he started writing.

Fun facts:

• Also wrote Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
• First bond novel (Casino Royale) came when he was 44 years old
• Bond is one of the best selling books of all time at over 100 million copies sold
• He interviewed with Stalin!!
• Family pressure forced him to being a banker and stock broker which he hated
• His girlfriend was killed in a World War II bombing of London in 1944
• Lost a family member to World War I
• Fleming's last two books, The Man with the Golden Gun and Octopussy and The Living Daylights, were published posthumously.

Going down these history rabbit holes I’m always impressed what these incredible people had to overcome to bring the world such great things. I love Bond. Never read the books but I love the moves and video games. Ian pushing his first Bond book out at age 44 only to die
Some 12 years later makes me appreciate the time we do have and that something that impacts the world can come at any age. RIP Mr. Ian Bond is an awesome series!