Editing Arthur Hailey (section)

{{Short description|British Canadian writer (1920–2004)}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name          = Arthur Hailey
| image         = Arthur Hailey.jpg
| birth_name    = Arthur Frederick Hailey
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|df=yes|1920|4|5}}
| birth_place   = [[Luton]], [[Bedfordshire]], England
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2004|11|24|1920|4|5}}
| death_place   = [[Lyford Cay]], [[New Providence]], [[The Bahamas|Bahamas]]
| occupation    = Novelist
| nationality   = British/Canadian
| notableworks  = ''[[Hotel (Hailey novel)|Hotel]]'' (1965) <br> ''[[Airport (Hailey novel)|Airport]]'' (1968) <br> ''[[Wheels (novel)|Wheels]]'' (1971)
| spouses       = {{Nowrap|Joan Fishwick (1944–1950; div.)<br/> Sheila Dunlop (m.1951)}}
| children      = 6
}}

'''Arthur Frederick Hailey''', [[Air Efficiency Award|AE]] (5 April 1920 – 24 November 2004) was a British/Canadian novelist whose plot-driven storylines were set against the backdrops of various industries. His books, which include such best sellers as ''[[Hotel (Hailey novel)|Hotel]]'' (1965), ''[[Airport (Hailey novel)|Airport]]'' (1968), ''[[Wheels (novel)|Wheels]]'' (1971), ''[[The Moneychangers]]'' (1975), and ''[[Overload (novel)|Overload]]'' (1979), have sold 170 million copies in 38 languages.<ref name=Holley>{{cite news |last=Holley |first=Joe |date=27 November 2004 |title=Arthur Hailey, British Author Of 'Hotel' and 'Airport,' Dies |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15704-2004Nov26.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=6 February 2017 }}</ref>