Paul Bailey

Paul Bailey (born February 16, 1937 ) is a British author .

Life

Bailey worked as an actor from 1956 to 1964. After that he started working as a writer in 1967.

Works (selection)

• 1967: At The Jerusalem - Winner of the Author's Club First Novel Award
• 1970: Trespasses
• 1973: A Distant Likeness
• 1977 :: Peter Smart's Confessions
• 1980: Old Soldiers
• 1982: An English Madam: The Life and Work of Cynthia Payne
• 1986: Gabriel's Lament
• 1990: An Immaculate Mistake: Scenes from Childhood and Beyond
• 1993: Sugar Cane
• 1995: The Oxford Book of London
• 1997: First Love
• 1998: Kitty and Virgil
• 2000: The Stately Homo: A Celebration of the Life of Quentin Crisp
• 2001: Three Queer Lives: An Alternative Biography of Naomi Jacob , Fred Barnes and Arthur Marshall
• 2002: Uncle Rudolf
• 2003: A Dog's Life
• 2011: Chapman's Odyssey

Prizes and awards (selection)

• 1974: EM Forster Award
• 1976: Bicentennial Fellowship
• 1978: George Orwell Prize

Web links

• ContemporaryWriters: Paul Bailey