John Bayley was born on March 27, 1925 in Lahore, Punjab, British India as John Oliver Bayley. He was a writer, known for Iris (2001), A Look at 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.