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 ^{[note 1]} and grew up in Newport, Wales where she attended local primary school Mount Pleasant Primary and comprehensive Bassaleg School. ^[4] She graduated from Exeter University with a degree in physics. ^[5]

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] [6] [7]} 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. ^{[8] [9]} The Kissing Booth was published by Penguin Random House in 2012, followed by Rolling Dice and Out of Tune. ^{[10] [11]} A year later, she was named by Time magazine as one of "The 16 Most Influential Teens of 2013". ^{[12] [13]} She was named in The Times as one of the "Top 25 under 20 The new icons of a generation" in 2014. ^[14]

The Kissing Booth was adapted for film, also titled The Kissing Booth, which premiered on Netflix in 2018. ^[6] 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. ^[15] A third film The Kissing Booth 3: One Last Time accompanied by a book was released on 11 August 2021. ^[16] Reekles's first adult novel, Love, Locked Down, was published by Sphere Books in February 2022. ^[17]

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)

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