Sandy Fawkes

Sandy Fawkes (1929-2005) was a British journalist.

Biography

Fawkes studied at Camberwell School of Art under John Minton. In 1949, she married Wally Fawkes, author of the cartoon strip Flook. In the 1960s she was a fashion editor for the Daily Sketch, and then in the 1970s, feature writer for the Daily Express.[1] In 1974, she had a 3-day affair with a man who turned out to be the serial killer Paul Knowles,[2] and wrote a best selling book, Killing Time, later republished as Natural Born Killer.[3]

She also ghostwrote Christine Keeler's autobiography, Nothing But.[1] Her tutor John Minton introduced her to Soho's drinking culture and she became a denizen of Soho’s pubs and drinking clubs, in particular The French House, the Coach & Horses and The Colony Room Club. As a result, she appears several times in the Private Eye cartoon strip The Regulars by Michael Heath and had a small part in John Maybury's film Love is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon.

References
  1. "Obituaries: Sandy Fawkes". The Telegraph. 30 December 2005. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  2. Bovsun, Mara (24 April 2010). "Date with the devil: 'Casanova killer' Paul John Knowles spared Fleet Street reporter Sandy Fawkes". NY Daily News. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  3. Masters, Brian (19 June 2004). "A week with a human monster!". The Spectator. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
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