Arthur Hailey

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Arthur Hailey (born in April 1920 to November 24, 2004) was a British-Canadian novelist whose plot-driven storylines were set against the backdrops of many industries.

His meticulously researched books, which include such top sellers as Hotel (1965), Airport (1968), Wheels (1971), and Overload (1979), have sold 170 million copies in 38 languages.

Early life

Arthur Frederick Hailey was born in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, with George Wellington Hailey, a factory worker and Elsie Wright Hailey as the only child. Hailey, an avid reader, began writing poems, plays, and stories at a young age. "My mother used to drag me off chores so I could write," he said. Elsie encouraged her son to learn typing and shorthand so he could work as a clerk rather than a factory employee.

Hailey was unable to win a scholarship that would have enabled him to continue his education at fourteen. He worked as a London office boy and clerk from 1934 to 1939. He joined the Royal Air Force in 1939 and served as a pilot during World War II, eventually rising to the rank of flight lieutenant. He immigrated to Canada in 1947, becoming a dual citizen. He was dissatisfied with the postwar Labour government. He worked in Toronto, including real estate, sales, and advertising. He was the editor of a trade magazine named Bus and Truck Transportation. He continued to write during those years.

Personal life

Hailey was married twice. He married Joan Fishwick (1918-2004), with whom he had three children before divorcing in 1950. He married Sheila Dunlop (1927–2017), who had three children with whom he also had three grandchildren. Sheila Hailey wrote "My Life with Arthur Hailey," a book that was not always complimentary, but the two children stayed together for 53 years.

Arthur Hailey died in his sleep on Monday, Nov. 24, 2004, at his home in Lyford Cay, Bahamas, of what doctors suspected to be a stroke.

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Career

Hailey's professional writing career began in 1955 with a script called Flight into Danger, which was acquired by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and telecast on April 3rd, 1956. This tale of a plane flight in danger after its crews are incapacitated was "the smash hit of the season" and was broadcast internationally. It was developed as a novel by "John Castle" (a pseudonym for Ronald Payne and John Garrod) with Hailey credited as co-authorship, but Souvenir Press in 1958 renamed Runway Zero-Eight (Doubleday) for its 1959 American publication. Zero Hour! in 1957, the tale was first told. (Paramount) and in 1971 as Terror in the Sky, a parody of television. Its plot device was, perhaps more accurately, recycled as the basis for Paraphrase's 1980 parody Airplane.

Hailey wrote for Studio One, Kraft Television Theatre, Playhouse 90, and Suspense, following the success of Flight into Danger. He turned his teleplay No Deadly Medicine (for which he received an Emmy nomination) into his first book The Final Diagnosis in 1959. It's the life of a Burlington, Pennsylvania, hospital published by Doubleday. The book received good feedback and was chosen by the Literary Guild of America. In High Places (Doubleday), Hailey's second book, was published in 1962. The book, which is dealing with international affairs, was again chosen by the Literary Guild, and it was a top seller in Canada.

With the release of Hotel (Doubleday), Hailey's first commercial breakthrough came in 1965, which followed five days in the lives of employees and residents of New Orleans' opulent St. Gregory Hotel. The book debuted on the New York Times best seller list for 48 weeks, peaking at No. 89. 3, and it was the year's best-selling book. It established a blueprint for Hailey's future: everyday people involved in extraordinary circumstances in a company or industry that can be outlined in great detail.

Hailey migrated to California after the success of the Hotel. He made international prominence with his fourth book, Airport (Doubleday), the tale of one whimsome night at a Midwestern international airport. The book was No. 79. For 30 weeks, New York Times #1 became the year's best-selling book. The film version, which came out in 1970, was the second-highest grossing film of the year (second only to Love Story) and received ten Academy Award nominations, including best picture. The success of the film, as well as that of 1972's The Poseidon Adventure, paved the way for the proliferation of "disaster films" during the 1970s, which included three more films in what became the Airport franchise.

Hailey, a tax exile from the Bahamas, settled in Lyford Cay on New Providence Island, following the airport's financial success on the advice of his tax advisor. He had intended to stay for just two years, but he loved it so much that he stayed there for the remainder of his life. Wheels (Doubleday), designed in 1971, was a no. - no. He introduced Wheels (Doubleday), a pioneer in the automobile industry; like Airport, it was a no. 1 The best-selling book of its year and a New York Times best seller. Hailey followed it with two additional no.s. 1 vendors: The Moneychangers (Doubleday, 1975), about the banking industry; and Overload (Doubleday, 1979), on the energy crisis.

Hailey resigned in 1979, following the publication of Overload. However, after undergoing quadruple heart bypass surgery, he returned to work and felt refreshed. Strong Medicine (Doubleday), his book about the pharmaceutical industry, was released in 1984 and became the year's third best-selling book. With the release of The Evening News (Doubleday) and his last book, Detective (Crown), which appeared in 1997, his commercial success had diminished somewhat by 1990. Hailey continued to write but except for the slim The Lyford Legacy: A Brief History of Lyford Cay from 1788 (Lyford Cay Foundation, 2000),—Hailey now wrote mainly as a hobby.

Arthur Hailey's papers are on display at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, and the College of The Bahamas' Harry C. Moore Library.

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