Paul Bailey (born 1937) is a British writer.

He, originally worked as an actor before becoming a full time writer in 1967. He won a number of fellowships in the 1970s, and served as a visiting lecturer at North Dakota State University from 1977 to 1979. He won the E. M. Forster Award in 1974, and the George Orwell Prize in 1978.

His novels include At The Jerusalem (1967), which won both a Somerset Maugham Award and an Arts Council Writers' Award , Peter Smart's Confessions (1977), Gabriel's Lament (1986), Sugar Cane (1993), sequel to Gabriel's Lament, Kitty and Virgil (1998), and Uncle Rudolf (2002). He has also written radio and television plays, and his non-fiction books include two volumes of memoir, and several biographies.

Bibliography

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

External link

• Paul Bailey includes a brief analysis of his work.