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Beth Reekles was born on 7 June 1995{{refn|group=note|name=first|Beth Reekles confirmed her birthday to be 7 June in a tweet of 7 June 2018.<ref>{{cite tweet |last=Reekles |first=Beth |user=Reekles |number= 1004695912004898816 |date=7 June 2018 |title= happiest of birthdays to my OTP of BFFs, Lee and Elle! }}</ref> Separately, in a blog post, she confirmed that she was 25 in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Reekles |first1=Beth |title=Vlog: Thoughts on turning 25 and 10 years of being a writer |url=http://www.authorbethreekles.com/2020/06/vlog-thoughts-on-turning-25-and-10.html |website=Beth Reekles Author, blogger, popcorn lover |accessdate=28 September 2020 |date=June 2020}}</ref>}} and grew up in [[Newport, Wales]] where she attended local primary school Mount Pleasant Primary and comprehensive [[Bassaleg School]].<ref name="BBC20">{{cite web |title=The Kissing Booth: How a Newport teen author inspired Netflix |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-53527635?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk&link_location=live-reporting-story |website=BBC News |accessdate=28 July 2020 |date=24 July 2020}}</ref> She graduated from [[Exeter University]] with a degree in physics.<ref name="Metro18">{{cite web |last1=Westbrook |first1=Caroline |title=Who is The Kissing Booth's author Beth Reekles and is she in the film? |url=https://metro.co.uk/2018/05/24/kissing-booths-author-beth-reekles-film-7574876/ |website=METRO |publisher=[[Associated Newspapers Ltd]] |accessdate=28 July 2020 |date=24 May 2018}}</ref>
Beth Reekles was born on 7 June 1995<ref>{{cite web |title=FIRST PERSON: Newport teen author Beth Reeks |url=https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/10939120.first-person-newport-teen-author-beth-reeks/ |website=South Wales Argus |access-date=22 May 2024 |date=15 January 2014 |quote=I was born on June 7, 1995...}}</ref> and grew up in [[Newport, Wales]] where she attended local primary school Mount Pleasant Primary and comprehensive [[Bassaleg School]].<ref name="BBC20">{{cite web |title=The Kissing Booth: How a Newport teen author inspired Netflix |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-53527635?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk&link_location=live-reporting-story |website=BBC News |accessdate=28 July 2020 |date=24 July 2020}}</ref> She graduated from [[Exeter University]] with a degree in physics.<ref name="Metro18">{{cite web |last1=Westbrook |first1=Caroline |title=Who is The Kissing Booth's author Beth Reekles and is she in the film? |url=https://metro.co.uk/2018/05/24/kissing-booths-author-beth-reekles-film-7574876/ |website=METRO |publisher=[[Associated Newspapers Ltd]] |accessdate=28 July 2020 |date=24 May 2018}}</ref>


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.<ref name="BBC20" /><ref name="BBC18">{{cite web |title=Beth Reekles' The Kissing Booth now a Netflix film |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-44072913 |website=BBC News |accessdate=28 July 2020 |date=10 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="Telegraph18">{{cite news |last1=Vincent |first1=Alice |title=The Welsh teenager who wrote a hit film: how Kissing Booth author Beth Reekles conquered Netflix |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/on-demand/0/jk-rowling-teen-romance-kissing-booth-author-beth-reekles-won/ |website=The Telegraph |accessdate=28 July 2020 |date=31 July 2018}}</ref> The novel was immensely popular, winning the Wattpad 2011 prize for Most Popular Teen Fiction,<ref name="Gibson13">{{cite magazine |last1=Gibson |first1=Megan |title=Book Publishing's Latest Success Still Has to Do Her Homework Every Night |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2013/03/19/book-publishings-latest-success-still-has-to-do-her-homework-every-night/ |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |accessdate=18 August 2020 |date=19 March 2013}}</ref> and when she was 17, she was offered a three-book contract by [[Penguin Random House]].<ref name="Lodge13">{{cite web |last1=Lodge |first1=Sally |title=Random House Acquires Novel by Teen Wattpad Star |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/pw-select/article/56650-random-house-acquires-novel-by-teen-wattpad-star.html |website=Publishers Weekly |accessdate=18 August 2020 |date=3 April 2013}}</ref><ref name="Channel420">{{cite web |last1=Davies |first1=Andy |title=Teen author Beth Reeks on her major book deal |url=https://www.channel4.com/news/beth-reekles-reeks-kissing-booth-novel-teenager-romance |website=Channel 4 News |accessdate=28 July 2020 |date=21 April 2013}}</ref> ''The Kissing Booth'' was published by Penguin Random House in 2012, followed by ''Rolling Dice'' and ''Out of Tune''.<ref name="USAToday20">{{cite web |last1=Mallenbaum |first1=Carly |title='Kissing Booth 2': Meet Beth Reekles, the young author behind the popular Netflix rom-coms |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2020/07/23/netflixs-kissing-booth-films-were-based-teen-authors-story/5476613002/ |website=[[USA Today]] |accessdate=28 July 2020 |date=27 July 2020}}</ref><ref name="WashPost18">{{cite news |last1=Rao |first1=Sonia |title=How 'The Kissing Booth' went from a teenager's passion project to a Netflix sensation |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/how-the-kissing-booth-went-from-a-teenagers-passion-project-to-a-netflix-sensation/2018/07/13/712c0072-84fe-11e8-9e80-403a221946a7_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |accessdate=28 July 2020 |date=13 July 2018}}</ref> A year later, she was named by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine as one of "The 16 Most Influential Teens of 2013".<ref name="Time13">{{cite magazine |title=The 16 Most Influential Teens of 2013 {{!}} Beth Reekles, 17 |url=https://time100.time.com/2013/11/12/the-16-most-influential-teens-of-2013/slide/beth-reekles/ |magazine=Time |accessdate=28 July 2020 |date=12 November 2013}}</ref><ref name="Guardian13">{{cite web |last1=Morris |first1=Steven |title=Welsh author Beth Reekles named on list of world's most influential teenagers |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/nov/25/welsh-author-beth-reekles-most-influential-teenagers-romantic-fiction |website=The Guardian |accessdate=28 July 2020 |date=25 November 2013}}</ref>
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.<ref name="BBC20" /><ref name="BBC18">{{cite web |title=Beth Reekles' The Kissing Booth now a Netflix film |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-44072913 |website=BBC News |accessdate=28 July 2020 |date=10 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="Telegraph18">{{cite news |last1=Vincent |first1=Alice |title=The Welsh teenager who wrote a hit film: how Kissing Booth author Beth Reekles conquered Netflix |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/on-demand/0/jk-rowling-teen-romance-kissing-booth-author-beth-reekles-won/ |website=The Telegraph |accessdate=28 July 2020 |date=31 July 2018}}</ref> The novel was immensely popular, winning the Wattpad 2011 prize for Most Popular Teen Fiction,<ref name="Gibson13">{{cite magazine |last1=Gibson |first1=Megan |title=Book Publishing's Latest Success Still Has to Do Her Homework Every Night |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2013/03/19/book-publishings-latest-success-still-has-to-do-her-homework-every-night/ |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |accessdate=18 August 2020 |date=19 March 2013}}</ref> and when she was 17, she was offered a three-book contract by [[Penguin Random House]].<ref name="Lodge13">{{cite web |last1=Lodge |first1=Sally |title=Random House Acquires Novel by Teen Wattpad Star |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/pw-select/article/56650-random-house-acquires-novel-by-teen-wattpad-star.html |website=Publishers Weekly |accessdate=18 August 2020 |date=3 April 2013}}</ref><ref name="Channel420">{{cite web |last1=Davies |first1=Andy |title=Teen author Beth Reeks on her major book deal |url=https://www.channel4.com/news/beth-reekles-reeks-kissing-booth-novel-teenager-romance |website=Channel 4 News |accessdate=28 July 2020 |date=21 April 2013}}</ref> ''The Kissing Booth'' was published by Penguin Random House in 2012, followed by ''Rolling Dice'' and ''Out of Tune''.<ref name="USAToday20">{{cite web |last1=Mallenbaum |first1=Carly |title='Kissing Booth 2': Meet Beth Reekles, the young author behind the popular Netflix rom-coms |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2020/07/23/netflixs-kissing-booth-films-were-based-teen-authors-story/5476613002/ |website=[[USA Today]] |accessdate=28 July 2020 |date=27 July 2020}}</ref><ref name="WashPost18">{{cite news |last1=Rao |first1=Sonia |title=How 'The Kissing Booth' went from a teenager's passion project to a Netflix sensation |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/how-the-kissing-booth-went-from-a-teenagers-passion-project-to-a-netflix-sensation/2018/07/13/712c0072-84fe-11e8-9e80-403a221946a7_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |accessdate=28 July 2020 |date=13 July 2018}}</ref> A year later, she was named by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine as one of "The 16 Most Influential Teens of 2013".<ref name="Time13">{{cite magazine |title=The 16 Most Influential Teens of 2013 {{!}} Beth Reekles, 17 |url=https://time100.time.com/2013/11/12/the-16-most-influential-teens-of-2013/slide/beth-reekles/ |magazine=Time |accessdate=28 July 2020 |date=12 November 2013}}</ref><ref name="Guardian13">{{cite web |last1=Morris |first1=Steven |title=Welsh author Beth Reekles named on list of world's most influential teenagers |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/nov/25/welsh-author-beth-reekles-most-influential-teenagers-romantic-fiction |website=The Guardian |accessdate=28 July 2020 |date=25 November 2013}}</ref>

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Beth Reekles
BornBeth Reeks[1]
(1995-06-07) 7 June 1995 (age 29)
Newport, Wales
Alma materExeter University
Notable works
  • The Kissing Booth (2012)
  • Rolling Dice (2013)
  • Out of Tune (2014)
  • The Kissing Booth 2: Going the Distance (2020)
Website
www.authorbethreekles.com

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[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]

Major works

  • The Kissing Booth (2012)
  • Rolling Dice (2013)
  • Out of Tune (2014)
  • The Kissing Booth 2: Going the Distance (2020)
  • The Kissing Booth 3: One Last Time (2021)
  • Love, Locked Down (2022)
  • Seven Days of You (2022)

Notes

References

  1. ^ a b Gibson, Megan (19 March 2013). "Book Publishing's Latest Success Still Has to Do Her Homework Every Night". Time. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  2. ^ "FIRST PERSON: Newport teen author Beth Reeks". South Wales Argus. 15 January 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2024. I was born on June 7, 1995...
  3. ^ a b "The Kissing Booth: How a Newport teen author inspired Netflix". BBC News. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  4. ^ Westbrook, Caroline (24 May 2018). "Who is The Kissing Booth's author Beth Reekles and is she in the film?". METRO. Associated Newspapers Ltd. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Beth Reekles' The Kissing Booth now a Netflix film". BBC News. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  6. ^ Vincent, Alice (31 July 2018). "The Welsh teenager who wrote a hit film: how Kissing Booth author Beth Reekles conquered Netflix". The Telegraph. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  7. ^ Lodge, Sally (3 April 2013). "Random House Acquires Novel by Teen Wattpad Star". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  8. ^ Davies, Andy (21 April 2013). "Teen author Beth Reeks on her major book deal". Channel 4 News. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  9. ^ Mallenbaum, Carly (27 July 2020). "'Kissing Booth 2': Meet Beth Reekles, the young author behind the popular Netflix rom-coms". USA Today. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  10. ^ Rao, Sonia (13 July 2018). "How 'The Kissing Booth' went from a teenager's passion project to a Netflix sensation". The Washington Post. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  11. ^ "The 16 Most Influential Teens of 2013 | Beth Reekles, 17". Time. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  12. ^ Morris, Steven (25 November 2013). "Welsh author Beth Reekles named on list of world's most influential teenagers". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  13. ^ "Top 25 under 20 | The new icons of a generation". The Times. 11 August 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  14. ^ Weston, Christopher (24 July 2020). "The Kissing Booth 2 book ending explained: Netflix adaptation finally here". HITC. GRV Media. Retrieved 18 August 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. ^ Boucher, Brooke (11 August 2021). "Beth Reekles The Kissing Booth 3 released on Netflix". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  16. ^ Hackett, Tamsin (21 April 2021). "Sphere acquires lockdown love story from Reekles". The Bookseller. Retrieved 20 May 2021. Beth's novel Faking It was published on 2 February 2023
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