Louise Rennison
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Louise Rennison is an English author
and comedienne.
She is the author of the Confessions of Georgia Nicolson series for teenage girls. This series records the exploits of a teenage girl, Georgia Nicolson, and her best friends, the Ace Gang. Her first and second novels, Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging and It's OK, I'm Wearing Really Big Knickers
were portrayed in a film adaptation called Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
.
She won the Queen of Teen competition in 2008.
Her one-woman live show Stevie Wonder Felt my Face won awards in the 1980s. Her other shows are Bob Marley's Gardener Sold My Friend and Never Eat Anything Bigger Than Your Head.
She has written comedy scripts, and also works for BBC Radio 4
.
Rennison lives in Brighton
. She was brought up in Yorkshire, in a three-bedroomed council house with her mum, dad, grandparents, aunt, uncle and cousin. When she was 15, her family moved to Wairakei
, New Zealand
. She attended Brighton University. Rennison is published by HarperCollins Publishers in the UK.
A spin off, titled How To Make Any Twit Fall in Love With You, is available in 10 installments in 10 days starting 3 March 2011 exclusively through SugarScape
.
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
and comedienne.
She is the author of the Confessions of Georgia Nicolson series for teenage girls. This series records the exploits of a teenage girl, Georgia Nicolson, and her best friends, the Ace Gang. Her first and second novels, Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging and It's OK, I'm Wearing Really Big Knickers
It's OK, I'm Wearing Really Big Knickers
It's OK, I'm Wearing Really Big Knickers is a bestselling young adult novel by Louise Rennison, the second in the Confessions of Georgia Nicolson series. It was published in the US as On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God...
were portrayed in a film adaptation called Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging is a 2008 British coming of age film film co-written and directed by Gurinder Chadha starring Georgia Groome. It is based on two teenage novels by Louise Rennison: Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging and It's OK, I'm Wearing Really Big Knickers...
.
She won the Queen of Teen competition in 2008.
Her one-woman live show Stevie Wonder Felt my Face won awards in the 1980s. Her other shows are Bob Marley's Gardener Sold My Friend and Never Eat Anything Bigger Than Your Head.
She has written comedy scripts, and also works for BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
.
Rennison lives in Brighton
Brighton
Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...
. She was brought up in Yorkshire, in a three-bedroomed council house with her mum, dad, grandparents, aunt, uncle and cousin. When she was 15, her family moved to Wairakei
Wairakei
Wairakei is the name of a power station, small settlement and a geothermal area a few kilometres north of Taupo, in the centre of the North Island of New Zealand, on the Waikato River.- Geothermal field :...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. She attended Brighton University. Rennison is published by HarperCollins Publishers in the UK.
Confessions of Georgia Nicolson
- Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging (1999)
- It's OK, I'm Wearing Really Big KnickersIt's OK, I'm Wearing Really Big KnickersIt's OK, I'm Wearing Really Big Knickers is a bestselling young adult novel by Louise Rennison, the second in the Confessions of Georgia Nicolson series. It was published in the US as On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God...
(UK title) / On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God (US title) (2001) - Knocked Out by my Nunga-Nungas (2002)
- Dancing in my Nuddy-PantsDancing in my Nuddy-PantsDancing in my Nuddy-Pants! is young adult novel by British author Louise Rennison. It is the 4th book in the Georgia Nicolson series.-Plot:...
(2003) - ...And That's When It Fell Off in My Hand (UK title) / Away Laughing on a Fast Camel (US title) (2004)
- ...Then He Ate My Boy Entrancers (2005)
- Startled by His Furry Shorts (2006)
- Luuurve is a Many Trousered ThingLuuurve is a Many Trousered ThingLuuurve is a Many Trousered Thing is the eighth novel in the Georgia Nicolson series written by Louise Rennison. Published in July 2007. It is sold as Love is a Many Trousered Thing in the United States....
(UK title) / Love is a Many Trousered Thing (US title) (2007) - Stop in the Name of Pants! (UK and US title) (2008)
- Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me? (2009)
A spin off, titled How To Make Any Twit Fall in Love With You, is available in 10 installments in 10 days starting 3 March 2011 exclusively through SugarScape
Sugar Magazine
Sugar was a British magazine for teenage girls published by Hachette Filipacchi. Its content focused on boys, fashion, celebrities, real-life stories about teenagers and other similar matters. The editor, when it closed, was Annabel Brog. The brand lives on through the website Sugarscape, edited by...
.
The Misadventures of Tallulah Casey
- Withering Tights (2010)
- A Midsummer Tights Dream (February 2012)
External links
- Confessions of Georgia Nicolson
- BBC Slink interview Louise Rennison answers fans' questions on writing and the Georgia Nicolson books