John Bayley was born on March 27, 1925 in Lahore, Punjab, British India. He was a writer, known for
Iris (2001) and
Take It or Leave It (1964). He was married to Audihild Villers and
Iris Murdoch. He died on January 12, 2015 in Lanzarote, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain.