I'm Only the Editor

Margaret Hayes' beloved husband, Charles, passed away in April, 2000. Her biography, I'm Only The Editor, celebrating the adventurous life of journalist Charles Hayes, was published in 2004 and is available from the author.

A writer is a funny man,
So I have heard it said,
Unlike all other animals,
His tale grows from his head.
(Anonymous)

From the back cover of I'm Only The Editor:

"Soldier, colonial administrator, linguist, actor, hotelier, environmentalist, broadcaster, editor and publisher, Charles Hayes was a Renaissance man of a type rarely seen in these more sedate times. In a volume which ranges from pre-World War II London through wartime Burma and India to the mesmerizing beauty of Kenya and finally to anchorage in British Columbia, Canada, Margaret Hayes chronicles an astonishing life with wifely tenderness and professional precision. Calling upon her own talents as a writer and reporter and making use of a jumble of files and a lifetime of memories, Mrs. Hayes has woven a magical tapestry.

Those who knew Charles Hayes will see him come alive again in these pages: those who did not know him will come as close to his impetuous, bright-eyed enthusiasms as this esoteric experience allows. Margaret Hayes has introdued ust o a new literary genre: the love letter as biography. And what a billet-doux it is!"

Gerry Loughran,
Journalist

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