Janie Bolitho

Janie Bolitho 1950 to 2002 She enjoyed a variety of careers - psychiatric nurse, debt collector, working for a tour operator, a book-maker's clerk - before becoming a full time writer. She died of breast cancer in late 2002. She was born in Falmouth, Cornwall. She has a son and daughter. She divided her time between Cornwall, Berkshire and Devon. Manadon Arena - has been christened Bolitho Park after local author and sponsor Janie Bolitho in December 2003