Betty Walker

Betty Walker is a fiction name used by poet and novelist Jane Holland for historical sagas set in wartime Cornwall. Wartime with the Cornish Girls begins the Cornish Girls sequence in 1941, following women whose work and friendships are reshaped by conflict. Christmas with the Cornish Girls continues the series during the same year, while Courage for the Cornish Girls advances the story into 1942. Avon Books, an imprint associated with HarperCollins, published the novels, and the Romantic Novelists' Association shortlisted Courage for the Cornish Girls in its saga category. Walker is one of Holland's established publishing names, connecting the Cornish books with her wider career in poetry, young fiction, historical writing, and thrillers. Holland lives in Cornwall and draws on local landscapes, family research, and period detail for the sequence. Under the Betty Walker name, she builds linked ensemble stories in which coastal communities and women's wartime labor provide continuity across successive volumes.