Question:  Which author, Ian Fleming or Mario Puzo, is known for his crime novels about the Mafia?

Context articles: List of James Bond novels and short stories
Ian Fleming
Vito Corleone
The Life of Ian Fleming
Mario Puzo
Omertà (novel)
Fools Die
The Godfather Part II
List of minor characters in The Godfather series
The Godfather (novel)

The James Bond literary franchise is a series of novels and short stories, first published in 1953 by Ian Fleming, a British author, journalist, and former naval intelligence officer.
 James Bond, often referred to by his code name, 007, is a British Secret Service agent; the character was created by journalist and author Ian Fleming, and first appeared in his 1953 novel "Casino Royale"; the books are set in a contemporary period, between May 1951 and February 1964.
 Fleming went on to write a total of twelve novels and two collections of short stories, all written at his Jamaican home Goldeneye and published annually.
 Two of his books were published after his death in 1964.
Ian Lancaster Fleming (28 May 1908 – 12 August 1964) was an English author, journalist and naval intelligence officer who is best known for his James Bond series of spy novels. Fleming came from a wealthy family connected to the merchant bank Robert Fleming & Co., and his father was the Member of Parliament for Henley from 1910 until his death on the Western Front in 1917.
 Educated at Eton, Sandhurst and, briefly, the universities of Munich and Geneva, Fleming moved through several jobs before he started writing.
Vito Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's novel "The Godfather" and in the first two of Francis Ford Coppola's three Godfather films, in which he was portrayed by Marlon Brando in "The Godfather" and then, as a young man, by Robert De Niro in "The Godfather Part II".
 He is an orphaned Sicilian immigrant who builds a mafia empire.
 Upon his death, Michael, his youngest son, succeeds him as the mafia don of the Corleone crime family.
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.
Mario Gianluigi Puzo ( ; ] ; October 15, 1920 – July 2, 1999) was an American author, screenwriter and journalist of Italian descent.
 He is known for his crime novels about the Mafia, most notably "The Godfather" (1969), which he later co-adapted into a three-part film saga directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
 He received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the first film in 1972 and "Part II" in 1974.
 Puzo also wrote the original screenplay for the 1978 "Superman" film.
 His last novel, "The Family", was released posthumously in 2001.
Omertà is a novel by Mario Puzo, published posthumously in 2000.
 It was first published by Ballantine Books.
 "Omertà" follows the story of Don Aprile's adopted "nephew" Astorre Viola.
 This is the final book in Puzo's mafia trilogy.
 The first two were "The Godfather" and "The Last Don".
Fools Die is a 1978 novel by Italian American author Mario Puzo.
 Played out in the worlds of gambling, publishing and the film industry, Merlyn and his brother Artie obey their own code of honor in the ferment of contemporary America, where law and organized crime are one and the same.
 Set in New York, Hollywood, and Las Vegas, Mario Puzo considered "Fools Die" to be his personal favorite.
 The paperback rights to the book were sold in 1978 by the publisher, G. P. Putnam's Sons, to New American Library for a then record $2.55 million.
The Godfather Part II is a 1974 American crime film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a screenplay co-written with Mario Puzo, starring Al Pacino and Robert De Niro.
 Partially based on Puzo's 1969 novel "The Godfather", the film is both sequel and prequel to "The Godfather", presenting parallel dramas: one picks up the 1958 story of Michael Corleone (Pacino), the new Don of the Corleone crime family, protecting the family business in the aftermath of an attempt on his life; the prequel covers the journey of his father, Vito Corleone (De Niro), from his Sicilian childhood to the founding of his family enterprise in New York City.
This is a list of minor characters in "The Godfather" series. "
The Godfather" is a 1972 American crime drama directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by Albert S. Ruddy, based on Mario Puzo's best-selling novel of the same name.
 It stars Marlon Brando and Al Pacino as the leaders of a fictional New York crime family.
 The story, spanning 1945 to 1955, chronicles the family under the patriarch Vito Corleone, focusing on the transformation of Michael Corleone (Pacino) from reluctant family outsider to ruthless Mafia boss.
The Godfather is a crime novel written by Italian American author Mario Puzo.
 Originally published in 1969 by G. P. Putnam's Sons, the novel details the story of a fictional Mafia family based in New York City (and Long Beach, New York), headed by Vito Corleone.
 The novel covers the years 1945 to 1955, and also provides the back story of Vito Corleone from early childhood to adulthood.