Paul Bailey

Paul Bailey (born February 16, 1937, London, England—died October 27, 2024) was an English author who is perhaps best known for his brief, intense novels. After attending Central School of Speech and Drama (1953–56), Bailey worked as a stage and television actor and department store salesman before beginning a writing career. He made an immediate impact with his first novel, At the Jerusalem (1967), about a lonely elderly woman’s attempt to survive in a retirement...