Beth Reekles

Welsh author (born 1995)

The Kissing Booth (2012)
Rolling Dice (2013)
Out of Tune (2014)
The Kissing Booth 2: Going the Distance (2020)

Websitewww.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] Beth's novel Faking It was published on 2 February 2023.

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)

References

^ ^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.
^ "FIRST PERSON: Newport teen author Beth Reeks". South Wales Argus. 15 January 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2024. I was born on June 7, 1995...
^ ^a ^b "The Kissing Booth: How a Newport teen author inspired Netflix". BBC News. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b "Beth Reekles' The Kissing Booth now a Netflix film". BBC News. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
^ 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.
^ Lodge, Sally (3 April 2013). "Random House Acquires Novel by Teen Wattpad Star". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
^ Davies, Andy (21 April 2013). "Teen author Beth Reeks on her major book deal". Channel 4 News. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ "The 16 Most Influential Teens of 2013 | Beth Reekles, 17". Time. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
^ Morris, Steven (25 November 2013). "Welsh author Beth Reekles named on list of world's most influential teenagers". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
^ "Top 25 under 20 | The new icons of a generation". The Times. 11 August 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
^ 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.
^ Boucher, Brooke (11 August 2021). "Beth Reekles The Kissing Booth 3 released on Netflix". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
^ Hackett, Tamsin (21 April 2021). "Sphere acquires lockdown love story from Reekles". The Bookseller. Retrieved 20 May 2021.