Hilary Bailey
Hilary Bailey | |
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| Born | 19 September 1936 Hayes, Bromley, Kent, England |
| Died | 11 January 2017 (aged 80) |
| Occupation | Writer, critic and editor |
| Alma mater | Newnham College, Cambridge |
| Notable works | Frankenstein's Bride (1995); Mrs Rochester (1997); Fifty-First State (2008) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3 |
Hilary Bailey (19 September 1936 – 11 January 2017) was a British writer, critic and editor. She edited volumes 7–10 of the New Worlds Quarterly science-fiction series, and was co-author of The Black Corridor (1969) with Michael Moorcock, to whom she was married from 1962 to 1978. She was the author of numerous other works of fiction, including Polly Put the Kettle On (1975), Mrs Mulvaney (1978), All the Days of My Life (1984) and Hannie Richards, Or, The Intrepid Adventures of a Restless Wife (1985), in addition to a 1987 biography of Vera Brittain. Bailey's work characteristically has a focus on women, including sequels and reimaginings of classic novels by Mary Shelley and Charlotte Brontë.