Author: John Pearson
Alternate names: John PEARSON; john pearson; John George Pearson; Pearson, John; Pearson, John, 1930-2021; Pearson, John George
Born: 5 October 1930
Died: 13 November 2021
Bio: John Pearson was a writer best associated with James Bond creator Ian Fleming. He was Fleming's assistant at the London Sunday Times and would go on to write the first biography of Ian Fleming, 1966's *The Life of Ian Fleming*. Pearson also wrote "true-crime" biographies, such as *The Profession of Violence*: an East End gang story about the rise and fall of the Kray twins.