Career
Hyams spent his early adulthood (1929-1933) as a factory worker Hyams published his first novel, The Wings of the Morning in 1939. Hyams joined the Royal Air Force but was disqualified from being a pilot because of his poor eyesight.
Hyams then applied for a transfer to the Royal Navy, which was granted.
He spent the rest of the war in the Navy. Hyams began submitting short fiction to the British Broadcasting Corporation Third Programme and the New Statesman in the 1950s.
After they were accepted, he became a regular contributor to both.