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Born in Bolton in 1965, Janette Jenkins studied acting before completing a degree in Literature and Philosophy and then doing an MA in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia, where she was in Malcolm Bradbury's final class, along with Toby Litt, John Boyne, Richard Beard and Bo Fowler. She is the author of the novels, Columbus Day, Another Elvis Love Child, Angel of Brooklyn and Little Bones. Her short stories have appeared in newspapers and anthologies, including Stand Magazine, and have been broadcast on Radio 4. In 2003 she was awarded an Alumni Fellowship by the University of Bolton. She lives in the city of Durham.
What a lovely, clever book! Beautiful, wistful, just right Julian Clary Beautiful... This moving novel pays tribute to a great talent as the curtain comes down, in prose that lingers like the echo of a good bay-side martini Independent Quietly witty and remarkable in portraying the slipping away of mind and body that comes with old age -- Michael Dirda Washington Post Perfectly formed -- Mark Sanderson Sunday Telegraph Firefly shimmers with all the passion and transcience of life Telegraph
