Beth Reekles Explained

Beth Reekles
Birth Name:Beth Reeks
Birth Date:7 June 1995
Birth Place:Newport, Wales
Alma Mater:Exeter University
Notable Works:
  • The Kissing Booth (2012)
  • Rolling Dice (2013)
  • Out of Tune (2014)
  • The Kissing Booth 2: Going the Distance (2020)

Beth Reekles (pen name of Beth Reeks, born 7 June 1995) is a Welsh author of young adult fiction.

Biography

Beth Reekles was born on 7 June 1995[1] and grew up in Newport, Wales where she attended local primary school Mount Pleasant Primary and comprehensive Bassaleg School.[2] She graduated from Exeter University with a degree in physics.[3]

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.[4] [5] The novel was immensely popular, winning the Wattpad 2011 prize for Most Popular Teen Fiction,[6] 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. 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.

Major works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIRST PERSON: Newport teen author Beth Reeks . South Wales Argus . 22 May 2024 . 15 January 2014 . I was born on June 7, 1995....
  2. Web site: The Kissing Booth: How a Newport teen author inspired Netflix . BBC News . 28 July 2020 . 24 July 2020.
  3. Web site: Westbrook . Caroline . Who is The Kissing Booth's author Beth Reekles and is she in the film? . METRO . . 28 July 2020 . 24 May 2018.
  4. Web site: Beth Reekles' The Kissing Booth now a Netflix film . BBC News . 28 July 2020 . 10 May 2018.
  5. News: Vincent . Alice . The Welsh teenager who wrote a hit film: how Kissing Booth author Beth Reekles conquered Netflix . The Telegraph . 28 July 2020 . 31 July 2018.
  6. Gibson . Megan . Book Publishing's Latest Success Still Has to Do Her Homework Every Night . . 18 August 2020 . 19 March 2013.
  7. Web site: Lodge . Sally . Random House Acquires Novel by Teen Wattpad Star . Publishers Weekly . 18 August 2020 . 3 April 2013.
  8. Web site: Davies . Andy . Teen author Beth Reeks on her major book deal . Channel 4 News . 28 July 2020 . 21 April 2013.
  9. Web site: Mallenbaum . Carly . 'Kissing Booth 2': Meet Beth Reekles, the young author behind the popular Netflix rom-coms . . 28 July 2020 . 27 July 2020.
  10. News: Rao . Sonia . How 'The Kissing Booth' went from a teenager's passion project to a Netflix sensation . The Washington Post . 28 July 2020 . 13 July 2018.
  11. The 16 Most Influential Teens of 2013 Beth Reekles, 17 . Time . 28 July 2020 . 12 November 2013.
  12. Web site: Morris . Steven . Welsh author Beth Reekles named on list of world's most influential teenagers . The Guardian . 28 July 2020 . 25 November 2013.
  13. News: Top 25 under 20 The new icons of a generation . . 28 September 2020 . 11 August 2014 . subscription .
  14. Web site: Weston . Christopher . The Kissing Booth 2 book ending explained: Netflix adaptation finally here . HITC . GRV Media . 18 August 2020 . 24 July 2020 . 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..
  15. News: Boucher . Brooke . Beth Reekles The Kissing Booth 3 released on Netflix . 31 August 2021 . South Wales Argus . 11 August 2021.
  16. Web site: Hackett . Tamsin . Sphere acquires lockdown love story from Reekles . The Bookseller . 20 May 2021 . 21 April 2021.

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