Kendall Hailey is an American writer and autodidact. She graduated from 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, , and Bantam Dell Publishing Group, New York, 1988, ). The book details first her decision to leave formal education, and follows her as she sets out to read everything ever published. She is a daughter of playwright Oliver Hailey and novelist Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey. References External links Review and quotes from Hailey's book. Book review Bill's Best People profile, with photo American autobiographers Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Women autobiographers 20th-century American women writers 20th-century American non-fiction writers American women non-fiction writers 21st-century American women