Arthur Hailey

Born in Luton, England, in 1920 as the only child of working-class parents, Hailey began writing after World War II, when a meal served on a DC-4 flight triggered a story idea that was to propel him to fortune.

He began to wonder what would happen if the flight crew went down with food poisoning and penned his story Flight Into Danger.

Hollywood producers bought several of his books and he flirted with script writing before deciding that novels were his forte.

He went on to see his books published in 38 languages in 40 countries.

Airport, Hotel, Wheels, The Moneychangers and Strong Medicine were some of his novels that were made into movies.

The Japan Times Weekly: Dec. 4, 2004
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