- Attended New York City College.
- Emigrated to the U.S.A. when he was 3 years old.
- Enlisted in the U.S. Army on 7 September 1943 during World War II.
- Gary Cooper paid Hayes $40,000 for the film rights to his novel "The Girl on the Via Flaminia" and another $10,000 to write the screenplay, but in the end he couldn't secure financing and the film was never made.
- Brother of Raphael Hayes.
- His novels enjoyed greater critical success in Britain than in the United States.
- Began writing his first novel, while in Italy during World War II as part of a special service unit. Remained in Italy after the war and collaborated on several important neo-realist screenplays, notably with directors De Sica and Visconti.
- Worked as a reporter for The Daily Mirror and The New York American, between 1932 and 1935.
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