Janet Connah

Educated at Newton-le-Willows Grammar school and St. John’s College, Manchester, the author is a former journalist. She joined her home town local newspaper as a junior reporter eventually becoming its news editor. She went on to work as the press officer of a local authority before joining the government information service where she was employed in regional and national press offices. In her later career she worked on media campaigns in the United Kingdom and Europe. She is married with two children and three grandsons.