There have also been five authors who wrote one book each, Kingsley Amis (writing as Robert Markham), Sebastian Faulks, Jeffery Deaver, William Boyd and Anthony Horowitz. Since Fleming's death in 1964, there have been other authorised writers of Bond material, including John Gardner, who wrote fourteen novels and two novelizations and Raymond Benson, who wrote six novels, three novelizations and three short stories. Fleming wrote twelve Bond novels and two short story collections before his death, although the last two books - The Man with the Golden Gun and Octopussy and The Living Daylights - were published posthumously.
Bond was a composite character who was based on a number of commandos who Fleming knew during his service in the Naval Intelligence Division during World War II, to whom Fleming added his own style and a number of his own tastes Bond's name was appropriated from American ornithologist James Bond. He is the main protagonist of the James Bond series of novels, films, comics and video games. The Bond character was created by British journalist and novelist Ian Fleming in 1953. Bond has an an enjoyment of cars, a love of food and drink, and an average intake of sixty custom-made cigarettes a day. Royal Navy Commander James Bond, CMG, RNVR, is a Secret Service agent, code number 007, residing in London but active internationally.
