The Life of Ian Fleming The Life of Ian Fleming The Life of Ian Fleming is a biography of Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond and author of the children’s book "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang". The biography was written by John Pearson, Fleming’s assistant at the London "Sunday Times," in 1966. Pearson later wrote the official, fictional-biography "" in 1973. "The Life of Ian Fleming" was one of the first biographies of Ian Fleming and is considered a collectible book by many James Bond fans, since Pearson would become the third, official James Bond author. Future editions of "The Life of Ian Fleming" were
Bang the Drum Slowly Harris writing the screenplay. "Bang the Drum Slowly" was named one of the top 100 sports books of all time by "Sports Illustrated" and is the most popular of the four books published in this series, according to the "Los Angeles Times". The last line of the novel, "From here on in I rag nobody", was ranked number 95 on "American Book Review"′s "100 Best Last Lines from Novels" in 2008. Harris played baseball as a boy and often wrote about the game and was known for writing realistically about the sport in his novels. For this novel, Harris chose