Willis Hall was born on April 6, 1929 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. He was a writer, known for Billy Liar (1963), A Kind of Loving (1962) and Whistle Down the Wind (1961). He was married to Valerie Shute, Dorothy Kingsmill, Jill Bennett and Kathleen May Cortens. He died on March 7, 2005 in Ilkley, Bradford, West Yorkshire.