Paul Bailey born 16 February 1937Paul Bailey 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. 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.