Arthur Hailey — Canadian Novelist born on April 05, 1920, died on November 24, 2004

Arthur Hailey was a British/Canadian novelist, whose works have sold more than 170 million copies in 40 languages. Most of the novels are set within one major industry, such as hotels, banks or airlines, and explore the particular human conflicts sparked-off by that environment. They are notable for their plain style, extreme realism, based on months of detailed research, and a sympathetic down-to-earth hero with whom the reader can easily identify... (wikipedia)

I don't think I really invented anybody. I have drawn on real life.
There I was, an 18-year-old mimic rooming with a blind whistler.
I loved education, and, yes, I did want to go on learning.
I set myself 600 words a day as a minimum output, regardless of the weather, my state of mind or if I'm sick or well. There must be 600 finished words-not almost right words.
When I began writing that I was able and did travel and met some fascinating people and also uncovered some history, which has not been discovered before.