Editing Arthur Hailey (section)

==Career==
Hailey's professional writing career began in 1955 with a script called ''[[Flight into Danger]]'', which was purchased by the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] and telecast on 3 April 1956.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://torontoist.com/2011/08/historicist_haileys_comet-2/ |title=Historicist: Hailey's Comet |last=Plummer |first=Kevin |date=13 August 2011 |website=Torontoist|access-date=9 February 2017}}</ref> This story of a plane flight in jeopardy after its crew is incapacitated was "the smash hit of the season," won enormous acclaim, and was broadcast internationally.<ref name=Rutherford>{{cite book |last=Rutherford |first=Paul |date=1990 |title=When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952–1967|url=https://archive.org/details/whentelevisionwa0000ruth |url-access=registration |location=Toronto |publisher=University of Toronto Press |page=[https://archive.org/details/whentelevisionwa0000ruth/page/282 282]}}</ref> It was adapted as a novel by "John Castle" (a pseudonym for Ronald Payne and John Garrod), with Hailey credited as co-author; it was published by Britain's Souvenir Press in 1958 under its original title, but renamed ''Runway Zero-Eight'' ([[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]]) for its 1959 American publication.<ref name=Sheila>Hailey, Sheila (1978). ''I Married a Best Seller: My Life with Arthur Hailey''. Open Road Media, 2014. Kindle Edition.</ref> The story was filmed in 1957 as ''[[Zero Hour!]]'' ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]), and for television in 1971 as ''[[Terror in the Sky]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Van Riper |first=A. Bowdoin |date=2004 |title=Imagining Flight: Aviation and Popular Culture |location=College Station |publisher=Texas A&M University Press |page=114}}</ref>

With the success of ''Flight into Danger'', Hailey was in demand as a television writer, and wrote for such shows as ''[[Westinghouse Studio One|Studio One]]'', ''[[Kraft Television Theatre]]'', ''[[Playhouse 90]]'', and ''[[Suspense (U.S. TV series)|Suspense]]''. In 1959, he adapted his [[teleplay]] ''No Deadly Medicine'' (for which he won an [[Emmy Award|Emmy]] nomination) into his first novel ''The Final Diagnosis.'' Published by Doubleday, it is the story of the chief pathologist at a Burlington, Pennsylvania, hospital. The book received good reviews,<ref>{{cite news |last=Fuller |first=Edmund |author-link=Edmund Fuller |date=20 September 1959 |title=Hospital Microcosm |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1959/09/20/89240558.pdf|newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=9 February 2017 |url-access=subscription  }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=The Final Diagnosis |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/arthur-hailey-7/the-final-diagnosis/ |newspaper=Kirkus Reviews |date=n.d. |access-date=9 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211083015/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/arthur-hailey-7/the-final-diagnosis/ |archive-date=11 February 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and was a selection of the [[Literary Guild|Literary Guild of America]].<ref name=Sheila/>
Hailey's second novel, ''In High Places'' (Doubleday) was published in 1962. Dealing with international politics<ref name=Sheila/> the book was again selected by the Literary Guild, and was a best seller in Canada.<ref>{{cite news |last=Nichols |first=Lewis |date=9 December 1962 |title=In and Out of Books |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1962/12/09/90890998.pdf |newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=9 February 2017 |url-access=subscription  }}</ref>

Hailey's commercial breakthrough came in 1965 with publication of ''[[Hotel (Hailey novel)|Hotel]]''<ref name=Thurber>{{cite news |last=Thurber |first=Jon |date=26 November 2004 |title=Arthur Hailey, 84; Bestselling Author of 'Hotel,' 'Airport' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-nov-26-me-hailey26-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=10 February 2017}}</ref> (Doubleday), which followed five days in the lives of employees and residents of New Orleans' luxurious St. Gregory Hotel. The book spent 48 weeks on the [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' Best Seller list]], peaking at No. 3,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hawes.com/1965/1965-04-25.pdf |title=The New York Times Best Seller List April 25, 1965 Fiction |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 1965 |publisher=Hawes Publications|access-date=10 February 2017}}</ref> and became the eighth highest-selling novel of the year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bestsellers.lib.virginia.edu/decade/1960 |title=1965: Fiction |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2016 |website=20th-Century American Bestsellers |publisher=University of Virginia |access-date=10 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170112173542/http://bestsellers.lib.virginia.edu/decade/1960 |archive-date=12 January 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It established the template for Hailey's future works: ordinary people involved in extraordinary situations in a business or industry which is described in meticulous detail.<ref name=Independent/>

Following the success of ''Hotel'', Hailey moved to California. In 1968 he achieved international fame<ref name="O'Donnell">{{cite news |last=O'Donnell |first=Michelle |date=26 November 2004 |title=Arthur Hailey, Novelist Who Had a Hit in 'Airport,' Dies at 84 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/26/nyregion/arthur-hailey-novelist-who-had-a-hit-in-airport-dies-at-84.html |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=5 February 2017}}</ref> with his fourth novel, ''[[Airport (Hailey novel)|Airport]]'' (Doubleday), the story of one eventful night at a midwestern international airport. The novel was No. 1 in the ''New York Times'' for 30 weeks, and became the top-selling novel of the year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bestsellers.lib.virginia.edu/decade/1960 |title=1968: Fiction |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2016 |website=20th-Century American Bestsellers |publisher=University of Virginia |access-date=10 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170112173542/http://bestsellers.lib.virginia.edu/decade/1960 |archive-date=12 January 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[Airport (1970 film)|film adaptation]], released in 1970, was the second-highest-grossing film of the year (second only to ''[[Love Story (1970 film)|Love Story]]'')<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.listal.com/list/top-grossing-films-1970 |title=Top Grossing Films of 1970 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Listal |access-date=10 February 2017}}</ref> and received ten [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nominations, including Best Picture.<ref name=Academy>{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1971 |title=The 43rd Academy Awards 1971 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2015 |website=oscars.org|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |access-date=5 February 2017 }}</ref> The success of the film, together with that of 1972's ''[[The Poseidon Adventure (1972 film)|The Poseidon Adventure]]'', led to the proliferation of "[[disaster film]]s" during the 1970s,<ref>{{cite book |last=Keane |first=Stephen |date=2012 |title=Disaster Movies: The Cinema of Catastrophe |location=New York |publisher=Columbia University Press |page=29}}</ref> which included three additional films in what became the ''Airport'' franchise.

After the financial success of ''Airport'', on the advice of his tax attorney, Hailey moved as a tax exile to the [[Bahamas]]<ref name=Comet>{{cite news |last=Davis |first=William A. |date=13 December 1982 |title=Hailey's comet of best-sellers |url=http://cache.boston.com/globe/magazine/7-13/interview/1213.htm |newspaper=The Boston Globe Magazine |access-date=10 February 2017}}</ref> settling in [[Lyford Cay]] on [[New Providence Island]]. He had intended to stay for just two years, but liked it so much<ref name=Comet/> that he remained there for the rest of his life. In 1971, he published ''[[Wheels (novel)|Wheels]]'' (Doubleday), set in the automobile industry; like ''Airport'', it was a no. 1 ''New York Times'' best seller,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hawes.com/1971/1971-11-07.pdf |title=The New York Times Best Seller List November 7, 1971 Fiction |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 1971 |publisher=Hawes Publications|access-date=10 February 2017}}</ref> and the highest-selling novel of its year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bestsellers.lib.virginia.edu/decade/1970 |title=1971: Fiction |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2016 |website=20th-Century American Bestsellers |publisher=University of Virginia |access-date=10 February 2017}}</ref> Hailey followed it with two additional no. 1 sellers: ''[[The Moneychangers]]'' (Doubleday, 1975),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hawes.com/1975/1975-05-04.pdf |title=The New York Times Best Seller List May 4, 1975 Fiction |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 1975 |publisher=Hawes Publications|access-date=10 February 2017}}</ref> about the banking industry; and ''[[Overload (novel)|Overload]]'' (Doubleday, 1979),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hawes.com/1979/1979-02-25.pdf |title=The New York Times Best Seller List February 25, 1979 Fiction |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 1979 |publisher=Hawes Publications|access-date=10 February 2017}}</ref> about an electric utility company.

In 1979, following publication of ''Overload'', Hailey announced his retirement. After undergoing quadruple heart bypass surgery, however, he felt rejuvenated, and returned to work.<ref>{{cite news |last=Davis |first=William A.|date=13 December 1982 |title=Hailey's comet of best-sellers |url=http://cache.boston.com/globe/magazine/7-13/interview/1213.htm |newspaper=The Boston Globe Magazine |access-date=12 February 2017}}</ref> His novel ''[[Strong Medicine (novel)|Strong Medicine]]'' (Doubleday), about the pharmaceutical industry, was published in 1984 and was another major best seller; it became the thirteenth highest-selling novel of the year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bestsellers.lib.virginia.edu/decade/1980 |title=20th-Century American Bestsellers 1984: Fiction |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2016 |website=library.virginia.edu|publisher=University of Virginia |access-date=12 February 2017}}</ref> His commercial success had declined somewhat<ref name=Hamilton>{{cite book |last1=Hamilton |first1=Geoff |last2=Jones |first2=Brian |date=2013 |title=Encyclopedia of American Popular Fiction |edition=2nd |type=PDF e-book|location=New York |publisher=Infobase Learning |isbn=978-1-4381-4065-0}}</ref> by 1990 with publication of ''[[The Evening News (novel)|The Evening News]]'' (Doubleday), and with his final novel, ''[[Detective (novel)|Detective]]'' (Crown), which appeared in 1997. Hailey continued to write, but—except for the slim ''The Lyford Legacy: A Brief History of Lyford Cay from 1788'' (Lyford Cay Foundation, 2000),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abcbookworld.com/view_author.php?id=6845 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207140134/http://www.abcbookworld.com/view_author.php?id=6845 |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 February 2009 |title=Hailey, Arthur |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=ABC Bookworld |access-date=12 February 2017 }}</ref>—Hailey now wrote only as a hobby.<ref name=Holley/>

Arthur Hailey's papers are housed at the [[Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library]], [[University of Toronto]], and at the Harry C. Moore Library of the [[College of The Bahamas]].<ref>Lundstrom, T.E. (2013). The Arthur Hailey Collection. ''The International Journal of Bahamian Studies, 19'', 1-2. Retrieved from http://journals.sfu.ca/cob/index.php/files/article/viewFile/183/235</ref>