The James Bond movies are based on a series of novels by British author Ian Fleming (1908-1964). A Commander of Naval Intelligence during World War II, Fleming used his real-life experience to pen twelve British spy novels and two collections of short stories featuring secret agent 007, a.k.a. James Bond. Fleming's James Bond writings include Casino Royale (1953), Live and Let Die (1954), Moonraker (1955), Diamonds Are Forever (1956), From Russia With Love (1957), Dr. No (1958), Goldfinger (1959), For Your Eyes Only (1960), Thunderball (1961), The Spy Who Loved Me (1962), On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1963), You Only Live Twice (1964), The Man with the Golden Gun (1965), and Octopussy and the Living Daylights (1966). Ian Fleming died of a heart attack in 1964.