Paul Bailey (British writer)

Paul Bailey
BornPeter Harry Bailey
(1937-02-16)16 February 1937
Battersea, London, England
Died27 October 2024(2024-10-27) (aged 87)
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • critic
Alma materCentral School of Speech and Drama
Period1964–2019
Partner
  • David Healy (1964–1986; his death)
  • Jeremy Trevathan

Peter Harry "Paul" Bailey FRSL (16 February 1937 – 27 October 2024) was a British novelist and critic, as well as a biographer of Cynthia Payne and Quentin Crisp.