Worked as a sub-editor and journalist for Reuters news service

At the start of WWII, recruited by Rear Admiral John Godfrey, Director of Naval Intelligence of the Royal Navy, as his personal assistant

Wrote a memorandum about the structure and functions of a secret service organisation; parts of this memorandum were later used in the official charter for the OSS (dissolved after World War II and was replaced with the Central Intelligence Agency)

Published first novel, Casino Royale, which introduced the character of James Bond

Published the article, “The Great Riot of Istanbul,” in the Sunday Times, on September 11, 1955, just days after the Istanbul Pogroms, when ethnic Greeks were attacked by a Turkish mob

Sold the film rights of all current and future James Bond novels and short stories; co-produced a film version of "Dr. No" (1962)

Published the tenth novel in the James Bond series, The Spy Who Loved Me, which is written in the first person perspective of Vivienne Michel, the female protagonist, whom Fleming credited as co-author

Based on the most popular novel to date, "From Russia with Love" was the last James Bond movie Ian Fleming saw released

Wrote the children's novel, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang