Arthur Hailey was such a terrific storyteller. In Hailey’s classic “Hotel,” the owner of a New Orleans hotel has to raise money to save it, and there’s an heiress, and a duchess and a thief. So ...

NASSAU, Bahamas Arthur Hailey, author of "Airport," "Hotel" and other novels that became hit movies, has died, his wife said Thursday. He was 84. Hailey, who plucked characters from ordinary life and ...

Anthony Burgess, author of "A Clockwork Orange," said in his book, "You've Had Your Time," that Hailey's writing gives readers what they want: "When book-buyers buy books, they look for sex, violence ...