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Born | Beth Reeks [1] 7 June 1995 Newport, Wales |
Alma mater | Exeter University |
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Beth Reekles (pen name of Beth Reeks, born 7 June 1995) is a Welsh author of young adult fiction.
Beth Reekles was born on 7 June 1995 [2] and grew up in Newport, Wales where she attended local primary school Mount Pleasant Primary and comprehensive Bassaleg School. [3] She graduated from Exeter University with a degree in physics. [4]
When Reekles was 15, having grown tired of stories of "vampires and werewolves", she wrote her first young adult novel, The Kissing Booth, publishing it chapter by chapter on Wattpad, a story sharing site. [3] [5] [6] The novel was immensely popular, winning the Wattpad 2011 prize for Most Popular Teen Fiction, [1] and when she was 17, she was offered a three-book contract by Penguin Random House. [7] [8] The Kissing Booth was published by Penguin Random House in 2012, followed by Rolling Dice and Out of Tune. [9] [10] A year later, she was named by Time magazine as one of "The 16 Most Influential Teens of 2013". [11] [12] She was named in The Times as one of the "Top 25 under 20 The new icons of a generation" in 2014. [13]
The Kissing Booth was adapted for film, also titled The Kissing Booth , which premiered on Netflix in 2018. [5] A sequel The Kissing Booth 2: Going the Distance was published in 2020 and a film adaptation, The Kissing Booth 2 , premiered on Netflix the same year. [14] A third film The Kissing Booth 3: One Last Time accompanied by a book was released on 11 August 2021. [15] Reekles's first adult novel, Love, Locked Down, was published by Sphere Books in February 2022. [16] Beth's novel Faking It was published on 2 February 2023.
I was born on June 7, 1995...
As you'll be aware, the latest film is an adaptation of the novel The Kissing Booth 2: Going the Distance, written by Beth Reekles.