Jonathan Rendall

British writer (1964–2013)

Jonathan Rendall (11 June 1964 – c. 23 January 2013) was a British writer.^[1]^[2] He won the Somerset Maugham Award.

Life

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.^{[citation needed]}

Before becoming a writer, he acted as managerial advisor to the World Featherweight boxing champion, Colin "Sweet C" McMillan. He wrote articles for the magazines Esquire, Ring and Playboy, as well as writing three multi-award winning books.^{[citation needed]}

Rendall starred in a three-part documentary entitled 'The Gambler', released by Channel 4. In it, he was given £12,000 of the broadcaster's money, chronicling the bets he placed on boxing, horse racing, slot-machines, and at the casino.^{[citation needed]}

Rendall married Susie in 1988. The couple had three children together and separated in 2000.^[2]

On 23 January 2013, Rendall was discovered dead at his home in Ipswich.^[3]

Books by Rendall

This Bloody Mary (Is the Last Thing I Own)
Twelve Grand: The Gambler as Hero
Garden Hopping: Memoir of an Adoption
Scream: The Tyson Tapes

References

^ "Jonathan Rendall". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Richard Williams (10 February 2013). "Observer writer Jonathan Rendall remembered | Comment is free | The Observer". London: Guardian. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
^ Kevin Mitchell (9 February 2013). "Troubled writer Jonathan Rendall fails to elude his final deadline". London: Guardian. Retrieved 22 March 2019.

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https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/jul/30/1
https://web.archive.org/web/20090307003423/http://www.thesweetscience.com/boxing-author.php?author=32
https://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.erasingclouds.com/wk2106garden.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article2337291.ece