Beth Reekles (pen name of Beth Reeks, born 7 June 1995) is a Welsh author of

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Biography

Beth Reekles was born on 7 June 1995 and grew up in

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where she attended local primary school Mount Pleasant Primary and comprehensive

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. She graduated from

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with a degree in Physics. 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

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, a story sharing site. The novel was immensely popular, winning the Wattpad 2011 prize for Most Popular Teen Fiction, and when she was 17, she was offered a three-book contract by

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. ''The Kissing Booth'' was published by Penguin Random House in 2012, followed by ''Rolling Dice'' and ''Out of Tune''. A year later, she was named by ''

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'' magazine as one of "The 16 Most Influential Teens of 2013". She was named in ''

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'' as one of the "Top 25 under 20 The new icons of a generation" in 2014. ''The Kissing Booth'' was adapted for film, also titled ''

The Kissing Booth ''The Kissing Booth'' is a 2018 American teen romantic comedy film written and directed by Vince Marcello, based on the 2012 novel of the same name by Beth Reekles. It stars Joey King, Jacob Elordi, and Joel Courtney. The film follows Elle (Ki ...

'', which premiered on

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in 2018. A sequel ''The Kissing Booth 2: Going the Distance'' was published in 2020 and a film adaptation, ''

The Kissing Booth 2 ''The Kissing Booth 2'' is a 2020 American teen romantic comedy film directed by Vince Marcello and written by Marcello and Jay Arnold. As a direct sequel to the 2018 film ''The Kissing Booth'' and the second installment in the ''Kissing Booth ...

'', premiered on Netflix the same year. A third film '' The Kissing Booth 3: One Last Time'' accompanied by a book was released on 11 August 2021. Reekles's first adult novel, ''Love, Locked Down'', was published by

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in February 2022.

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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