Hawley was born in
Lynden, Washington. He began his career writing for a radio station in Bellingham, Washington. He moved to Los Angeles in 1942 and spent a decade writing for radio KFI and its program "Art Baker's Notebook." His first novel, "A Few Buttons Missing: The Case Book of a Psychiatrist" (1951) was a best seller. He followed it with "Counsel for the Damned" (1953) written with Ralph Bushnell Potts. He was a writer for the Walt Disney Studio from 1957 to 1969. He then retired. ==Credits==