Paul Bailey worked as an actor before becoming a full time writer in 1967. He won the E. M. Forster Award in 1974, and the George Orwell Prize in 1978. He is currently a writer in residence at Kingston University.
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.
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