lan Lancaster Fleming was born on the 28th of May 1908 in Canterbury, England. He was a newspaper journalist and a writer. He created one of the most famous characters twentieth-century fiction James Bond Ian Fleming was educated at Eton a famous school for boys. After he left Eton, he trained to be a at Sandhurst Military Academy. He then went to Europe to study languages at Munich and Geneva universities Fleming's first job was as a journalist. From 1929 to 1933 he worked in Moscow for a news agency called Reuters. In this job, Fleming heard about Soviet spies who sold government secrets to other countries. Fleming sent reports about these spies to Reuters in London. He returned to London in 1933 In the Second World War (1939-1945), Fleming was an officer at the headquarters of the British Navy. Here, he learnt a lot about spying and how to collect secret information intelligence. After the war, he worked for the Sunday Times newspaper. Fleming decided to become a writer during the war. He wrote about spies and dangerous criminals. In 1952, he finished his first novel. In the same year, he married Anne Rothermere. He was 44 years old. Fleming's first novel Casino Royale was about a handsome British secret agent called James Bond. Bond was a spy who loved women, fast cars, and good food and drink. He was well-paid because his job was very dangerous. James Bond also had a "Licence to Kill". This meant that sometimes he was told to kill his enemies. Casino Royale was very successful and the adventures of James Bond, agent number 007, became very popular. When