Jonathan Rendall
Jonathan Rendall (11 June 1964 – c. 23 January 2013) was a Somerset Maugham Award-winning British writer.[1][2]
Rendall was born in Oxford and adopted as a baby.[2] He lived his childhood in Ashtead, Surrey and much of his teenage years in Greece.[2] He attended St John's School, Leatherhead, and Magdalen College, Oxford. He later lived in Ipswich, Suffolk.
Before becoming a writer, he acted as managerial advisor to the World Featherweight boxing champion, Colin "Sweet C" McMillan. He has written articles for the magazines Esquire, Ring and Playboy and three multi-award winning books.
Rendall married Susie in 1988. The couple had three children together and separated in 2000.[2]
Books by Rendall
- This Bloody Mary (Is the Last Thing I Own)
- Garden Hopping' Memoir of an Adoption'
- Twelve Grand
- Scream - The Tyson Tapes
References
- ↑ Jonathan Rendall, The Times, 7 February 2013
- 1 2 3 4 Richard Williams (10 February 2013). "Observer writer Jonathan Rendall remembered | Comment is free | The Observer". London: Guardian. Retrieved 2013-02-13.
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2004/aug/24/top10s.boxing
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2006/jul/30/1
- http://www.thesweetscience.com/boxing-author.php?author=32
- http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/gambol-through-lifes-gamble-1079030.html
External links
- http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2008/06/kasia-boddy-boxing-ali
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2004/aug/24/top10s.boxing
- http://www.erasingclouds.com/wk2106garden.html
- http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article2337291.ece
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