Louise Rennison | |
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Born | 11 October 1951 Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
Died | 29 February 2016 Brighton, East Sussex, England | (aged 64)
Notable works | Confessions of Georgia Nicolson The Misadventures of Tallulah Casey |
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Louise Rennison (11 October 1951 – 29 February 2016) was an English author and comedian who wrote the Confessions of Georgia Nicolson series for teenage girls. The 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 also wrote a series of books about Georgia's younger cousin, The Misadventures of Tallulah Casey.
Her one-woman live show Stevie Wonder Felt My Face won acclaim in the 1980s;[1] her other shows were Bob Marley's Gardener Sold My Friend and Never Eat Anything Bigger Than Your Head.[2]