Kendall Hailey
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Kendall Hailey is an American writer and autodidact. She graduated high school a year early, at age 16, to pursue unschooling and wrote about her experiences in the book, The Day I Became an Autodidact and the Advice, Adventures, and Acrimonies that Befell Me Thereafter (Delacorte Press, ISBN 0-385-29636-3, and Bantam Dell Publishing Group, New York, 1988, ISBN 0-440-55013-0). The book details first her decision to leave formal education, and follows her as she sets out to read everything ever published.
She is the daughter of playwright Oliver Hailey and novelist Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey. As of this writing, Kendall Hailey is married and lives in Los Angeles, California.
[edit] External links
- Review and quotes from Hailey's book.
- Book review
- Bill's Best People profile, with photo
- 1988 Audio Interview with Kendall Hailey - RealAudio at Wired for Books.