Hilary Bailey (19 September 1936 – 19 January 2017) was a British writer, critic and editor.

Hilary Bailey
Born(1936-09-19)19 September 1936
Died11 January 2017(2017-01-11) (aged 80)
NationalityBritish
Alma materNewnham College, Cambridge

Life edit

Bailey attended Newnham College, Cambridge, where she was a founder-member of the Cambridge University Women's Union.[1] She was born in Bromley, Kent.

Her books include Polly Put the Kettle On, Mrs Mulvaney, Hannie Richards and All the Days of My Life, with a heroine who suffers the fate of all women who step away from what is expected of them. She wrote a biography of Vera Brittain, and sequels to Jane Eyre and The Turn of the Screw, a novel called Miles and Flora, which takes place some time after the original and resurrects one of the main characters. Bailey reviewed chiefly for The Guardian, was active in the so-called New Wave of science fiction and edited volumes 7–10 of the New Worlds Quarterly series, and was coauthor of The Black Corridor (1969) with Michael Moorcock, to whom she was married from 1962 to 1978 and associated with until the 1980s.[2][3] Two of Bailey's science fiction short stories appeared in anthologies edited by Terry Carr. The anthology titles are On Our Way to the Future[4] (1970) and Universe 5[5] (1974). She was a prominent and much-anthologised writer associated with the science fiction New Wave.

She was editing North Sea Island, the sequel to her dystopian novel Fifty-First State when she died.

Bailey had three children, Sophie, Kate and Max and three grandchildren Alex, Tom and Bobby.[1]

Books edit

  • Polly Put the Kettle On[6] (1975)
  • Mrs. Mulvaney[7] (1978)
  • All the Days of My Life[8] (1984)
  • Hannie Richards, Or, The Intrepid Adventures of a Restless Wife[9] (1985)
  • The Giant Book of Stories[10] (1986)
  • Vera Brittain: The Story of the Woman Who Wrote Testament of Youth[11] (non-fiction) (1987)
  • As Time Goes By[12] (1988)
  • A Stranger to Herself[13] (1989) (aka She Was a Dreadful Woman[14])
  • In Search of Love, Money and Revenge[15] (1990)
  • The Cry from Street to Street[16] (1992)
  • Cassandra: Princess of Troy[17] (1993)
  • Frankenstein's Bride: The Sequel to Mary Shelly's Frankenstein[18] (1995)
  • Miles and Flora: A Sequel to Henry James' The Turn of the Screw[19] (1997)
  • Mrs. Rochester: A Sequel to Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre[20] (1997)
  • Elizabeth and Lily[21] (1997)
  • After the Cabaret[22] (1998)
  • Connections[23] (2000)
  • Fifty-First State[24] (2008)
  • Diana: The Ghost Biography[25] (2009)
  • Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes[26] (2012)
  • Did We Meet on Grub Street?: A Publishing Miscellany[27] (2014)

Short stories edit

  • Breakdown[28] (1963)
  • The Fall of Frenchy Steiner[29] (1964)
  • In Reason's Ear[30] (1965) (as Pippin Graham)
  • Be Good Sweet Man[31] (1966)
  • Devil of a Drummer[32] (1967)
  • The Little Victims[33] (1967)
  • Dr. Gelabius[34] (1968)
  • Agatha Blue (1970)
  • Dogman of Islington (1970)
  • Twenty-Four Letters from Underneath the Earth (1971)
  • A Chronicle of Blackton (1972)
  • Bella Goes to the Dark Tower (1973)
  • On Board the Good Ship Venus (1974)
  • The Ramparts (1974)
  • Sisters (1976)
  • Everything Blowing Up: An Adventure of Una Persson, Heroine of Time and Space (1980) (aka Everything Blowing Up: An Adventure of Una Persson, Heroine of Space and Time and Everything Blowing Up)

References edit

  1. ^ a b Ramsey, P.S. (2007). "Hilary Bailey". Guide to Literary Masters & Their Works (Online resource). Literary Reference Center – via EBSCO.
  2. ^ Andrew Harrison (24 July 2015). "Michael Moorcock: 'I think Tolkien was a crypto-fascist'". New Statesman.
  3. ^ "Bailey, Hilary", The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (SFE), 21 January 2017.
  4. ^ Carr, Terry (ed.). On Our Way to the Future. ASIN B000BPRO9O.
  5. ^ Carr, Terry (ed.). Universe 5. ASIN B00005X280.
  6. ^ Bailey, Hilary. Polly Put the Kettle On. ISBN 978-0094606500.
  7. ^ Bailey, Hilary. Mrs. Mulvaney. ISBN 978-0094619104.
  8. ^ Bailey, Hilary. All the Days of My Life. ISBN 978-0449131541.
  9. ^ Bailey, Hilary. Hannie Richards, Or, The Intrepid Adventures of a Restless Wife. ISBN 978-0394550046.
  10. ^ Bailey, Hilary. The Giant Book of Stories. ISBN 978-0861366835.
  11. ^ Bailey, Hilary. Vera Brittain: The Story of the Woman Who Wrote Testament of Youth. Lives of Modern Women. ISBN 978-0140080032.
  12. ^ Bailey, Hilary. As Time Goes By. ISBN 978-0094646605.
  13. ^ Bailey, Hilary. A Stranger to Herself. ISBN 978-0330316057.
  14. ^ Bailey, Hilary. She Was a Dreadful Woman. ISBN 978-0333474624.
  15. ^ Bailey, Hilary. In Search of Love, Money and Revenge. ISBN 978-0333474617.
  16. ^ Bailey, Hilary. The Cry From Street to Street. ISBN 978-0094714502.
  17. ^ Bailey, Hilary. Cassandra: Princess of Troy. ISBN 978-0224029056.
  18. ^ Bailey, Hilary. Frankenstein's Bride: The Sequel to Mary Shelly's Frankenstein. ISBN 978-0671719173.
  19. ^ Bailey, Hilary. Miles and Flora: A Sequel to Henry James' The Turn of the Screw. ISBN 978-0684817316.
  20. ^ Bailey, Hilary. Mrs. Rochester. ISBN 978-0671516727.
  21. ^ Bailey, Hilary. Elizabeth and Lily. ISBN 978-0751516722.
  22. ^ Bailey, Hilary. After the Cabaret. ISBN 978-0316643955.
  23. ^ Bailey, Hilary. Connections. ISBN 978-0727855718.
  24. ^ Bailey, Hilary. Fifty-First State. ISBN 978-0727866936.
  25. ^ Tennant, Emma; Bailey, Hilary. Diana: The Ghost Biography. ISBN 978-1906413002.
  26. ^ Bailey, Hilary. Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes. ISBN 978-1448209507.
  27. ^ Bailey, Hilary; Tennant, Emma; Elliot, David. Did We Meet on Grub Street?: A Publishing Miscellany. ISBN 978-0704372986.
  28. ^ Bailey, Hilary (October 1963). Carnell, John (ed.). "Breakdown". New Worlds. Vol. 35, no. 135.
  29. ^ Bailey, Hilary (July–August 1964). Moorcock, Michael (ed.). "The Fall of Frenchy Steiner". New Worlds. Vol. 48, no. 143.
  30. ^ Bailey, Hilary (June 1965). Bonfilioli, Kyril (ed.). "In Reason's Ear". Science Fantasy. No. 73.
  31. ^ Bailey, Hilary (October 1966). Moorcock, Michael (ed.). "Be Good Sweet Man". New Worlds. Vol. 50, no. 167.
  32. ^ Bailey, Hilary (1967). Hill, Douglas Arthur (ed.). The Devil His Due.
  33. ^ Bailey, Hilary (November 1967). Ferman, Edward L. (ed.). "The Little Victims". The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Vol. 33, no. 5.
  34. ^ Bailey, Hilary (April 1968). Moorcock, Michael; Sallis, James (eds.). "Dr. Gelabius". New Worlds. No. 181.

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