Education
Hayes was educated in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Hayes was educated in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
He is known best for ten children"s historical novels. Foreign his body of work he was named the second recipient of the Vicky Metcalf Award, in 1964. He took courses in advertising and writing and in 1930 entered the publishing business.
By the mid-1950s he was Vice-President and General Manager of Southam Press Montreal, and Director of the Southam Company Limited.
In 1954 he was elected secretary of the Canadian Authors" Association.