Arthur Hailey was born in England and began his writing career while an RAF pilot during the Second World War. After the war he lived and wrote in Canada, becoming a Canadian citizen as well as British; he also lived briefly in the United States. For the past twenty-six years Arthur Hailey and his wife Sheila have made their home in the Bahamas. Hailey's novels have been published in thirty-nine languages; an estimated 160 million copies are in print worldwide. Most of his books have been made into films or TV series.
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![Cover of: AIRPORT [Book Club Edition: copyright 1968]](http://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/14906840-M.jpg "Cover of: AIRPORT [Book Club Edition: copyright 1968]")
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Fiction, Fiction, general, English fiction, American fiction, Condensed books, Fiction in English, Fiction, thrillers, general, Large type books, Translations into Russian, Corrupt practices, Fiction, suspense, Fiction, thrillers, suspense, Hospitals, Open Library Staff Picks, 1st published in 1979, Accidents, Adult, Adventure, Adventure stories, African Americans, Ainslie, malcolm (fictitious character), fiction, Airplanes, Airports, American Detective and mystery stories, Amerikaanse fiksiePlaces
Pennsylvania, California, Canada, Detroit, Florida, Miami, Miami (Fla.), Nevada, New England, New Orleans, Oregon, The Pacific [Ocean], USAID Numbers
- OLID: OL345358A
- BookBrainz: 42cc6ae8-2842-4525-92ef-358787c8a363
- GoodReads: 71955
- ISNI: 0000000123210084
- IMDb: nm0354150
- Library of Congress Names: n50019699
- VIAF: 71392045
- Wikidata: Q249544
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q249544
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- Артур Гейлі
- Артур Хейли
- Arthur Frederick Hailey, AE
- Arthur Frederick Hailey
- Arthur HAILEY
- ARTHUR HAILEY
- arthur hailey
- Hailey, Arthur, Illustrated by Cover Art
- Arthur. Hailey; Arthur Hailey
- Hailey Arthur
- Arthur.- HAILEY
- Arthur; Arthur Hailey Hailey
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