- Louise Rennison
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Born 1951
LeedsNationality British Notable work(s) Confessions of Georgia Nicolson
georgianicolson.comLouise 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.[1] Her other shows are Bob Marley's Gardener Sold My Friend and Never Eat Anything Bigger Than Your Head.
She has written comedy scripts[citation needed], and also works for BBC Radio 4.
Rennison lives in Brighton.[2] She was brought up in Yorkshire, in a three-bedroomed council house with her mum, dad, grandparents, aunt, uncle and cousin.[3] When she was 15, her family moved to Wairakei, New Zealand.[3] She attended Brighton University. Rennison is published by HarperCollins Publishers in the UK.
Contents
Confessions of Georgia Nicolson
- Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging (1999)
- It's OK, I'm Wearing Really Big Knickers (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-Pants (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 Thing (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.
The Misadventures of Tallulah Casey
- Withering Tights (2010)
- A Midsummer Tights Dream (February 2012)
References
External links
- Confessions of Georgia Nicolson
- BBC Slink interview Louise Rennison answers fans' questions on writing and the Georgia Nicolson books
Categories:- Living people
- English novelists
- English children's writers
- English humorists
- English comedians
- Alumni of the University of Brighton
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