Sandy Fawkes

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Sandy Fawkes
Born1929
Died25 December 2005(2005-12-25) (aged 75–76)
NationalityBritish
Alma materCamberwell College of Arts
OccupationJournalist, Author
Employer
Spouse(s)Wally Fawkes
Children3

Sandy Fawkes, born Sandra Boyce-Carmichelle (30 June 1929-December 26, 2005) was a British journalist.

Biography[]

Fawkes was found as a baby in the Grand Union Canal.[1] She never discovered the identity of her parents.[2]

Fawkes studied at Camberwell School of Art under John Minton. In 1949, she married Wally Fawkes, author of the cartoon strip Flook. The couple were to have three children, one of whom died of SIDS.[2] In the 1960s she worked as fashion editor for both Vanity Fair and the Daily Sketch, and then in the 1970s, feature writer for the Daily Express.[3]

In 1974, Fawkes had come to the United States on an unsuccessful assignment to try and interview several celebrities, including Vice-President Spiro Agnew.[4] During this time she had a 3-day affair with a man who turned out to be the serial killer Paul Knowles, and wrote a best selling book, Killing Time, later republished as Natural Born Killer.[5][6] She claimed that Knowles had been going by the name Daryl Golden and was unsatisfying in the bedroom, requiring self-stimulation in order to have sex.[7][8] Later she distraught to find out her acquaintance Susan MacKenzie had almost been raped by the killer at gunpoint following their time together.[9]

She would go on to divorce her husband after she had given birth to 3 children.[10]

Fawkes died December 26, 2005.[1]

Other Works[]

She also ghostwrote Christine Keeler's autobiography, Nothing But.[3] 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. ^ Jump up to: a b "Sandy Fawkes". The Telegraph. December 30, 2005. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b https://crimereads.com/sandy-fawkes-the-reporter-and-the-serial-killer/
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Obituaries: Sandy Fawkes". The Telegraph. 30 December 2005. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  4. ^ Scott, Gini Graham (April 1999). Homicide: 100 Years of Murder in America. McGraw-Hill/Contemporary. ISBN 978-0-7373-0049-9.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Masters, Brian (19 June 2004). "A week with a human monster!". The Spectator. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  7. ^ Gaute, J. H. H.; Odell, Robin (1986). Murder Whereabouts. Indiana University: Harrap. ISBN 978-0-245-54258-9.
  8. ^ Ramsland, Katherine (July 3, 2017). "Women Who Run With Killers". Psychology Today. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  9. ^ Weinman, Sarah (2019-08-25). "'I had 3-day fling with a serial killer - and joked about him being a murderer'". mirror. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  10. ^ Leigh, Wendy (1977). What Makes a Woman GIB* *(good in Bed). Penthouse Press. ISBN 978-0-89110-012-6.
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