LOUISE RENNISON

A Presentation of a Hilarious Adolescent Literature

Author

SOME POINTS OF INTEREST

Born in Yorkshire, England in 1951

Believed from an early age that she was destined to somehow

become famous. A direct quote from an interview with Rennison:

“Erm, I thought (wrongly) I might be a famous Irish dancer, or one of

those people who is just famous for being themselves. From a very early

age I imagined there was a camera following me everywhere, which was

a bit embarrassing when I went to the loo...but that is the price of fame.”

(Rennison)

Rennison’s books are generally based directly

off of her personal experiences with

adolescence.

“I keep getting told off by my publishers and also by

my family, who beg me not to admit that the books

are based on my life...but sadly they are. Almost

everything that happened in the books happened to

me and, yes, I am including shaving off my

eyebrows, which was the act of a complete and utter

prat.” (Rennison)

Click icon to add pictureOn an interesting note,

Rennison bore a child she

gave up for adoption when

she was just 17. When her

daughter, Kim, was in her

twenties she and

Rennison reunited. Kim

and Rennison talk daily,

and consider their current

relationship more like

sisters than mother

daughter. (Rennison)

Click icon to add picture

At one point, Rennison’s ambition to be a

performing artist brought her to an Arts

school in Brighton. Unfortunately, acting

was not Rennison’s strong suite. During

an audition to play an embryo, the

director commented to Rennison,

"You are obviously a very intelligent

girl, Louise, but you must never go

on stage again. Your performance

made me feel physically

sick."(Rennison) Despite his negative

remarks, Rennison went on to star in her

own one-woman show entitled, “Stevie

Wonder Touched My Face,” as well as

perform on radio shows. ("Beam")

REVIEW OF ANGUS, THONGS, AND FULL-FRONTAL SNOGGING

“…a hilarious and an uncompromisingly accurate diary of a 14-year-old girl. This book is as entertaining, realistic, and comical as a book can get. It captures all the superficial, melodramatic, and boy-crazy thoughts that could ever possibly pass through a young teenager girl's mind... I finished this book in one day, but went to the bookstore immediately after finishing it to buy the next nine books in the series…I would recommend this book to women of all ages.” ("Beam")

“Suppose you combined two modern British diarists, Adrian Mole and Bridget Jones, into a single 14-year-old. Here’s what you’d get. A little raunchy and quite funny.” — The New York Times Book Review

Series

Confessions of Georgia Nicolson1. Angus, Thongs and Full-frontal Snogging (1999)2. It's OK, I'm Wearing Really Big Knickers (2000)

aka On the Bright Side I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God3. Knocked Out by My Nunga-nungas (2001)

4. Dancing in My Nuddy Pants (2002)5. ...and That's When It Fell Off in My Hand (2003)

aka Away Laughing On a Fast Camel6. Then He Ate My Boy Entrancers (2005)7. ...Startled by His Furry Shorts! (2006)

8. Love Is a Many Trousered Thing (2007) aka Luuurve Is a Many Trousered Thing...

9. Stop in the Name of Pants! (2008)10. Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me? (2009)Fabbity-Fab!: A Big Box of Georgia (omnibus) (2005)

Let the Snog Fest Begin!: Georgia Nicolson's Guide to Life and Luuurve (2007)

Misadventures of Tallulah Casey1. Withering Tights (2010) (“Wands”)

AWARDSNestlé Smarties Bronze Award, 1999

Sheffield Children's Book of the Year shortlist

Branford Boase Award

Federation of Children's Book Groups Pick of the Year and Book of the Year

designations

Cuffies Award funniest novel designation, and Booklist Book for Youth

Editor's Choice and Top-Ten Youth First Novels designations, 2000

New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age,

American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults and Quick Picks for

Reluctant Readers designations, 2001

Michael L. Printz Honor Book, 2001, for Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal

Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson;

Lancashire Children's Book of the Year Award shortlist,

Waterstone's Pick of the Paperbacks, both 2000, for It's OK, I'm Wearing

Really Big Knickers!: Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson.

WORKS CITED

Rennison, Louise. "Author Profile: Louise Rennison." Teenreads.com. Personal

Interview by Lucy Burns. 18/5/2001. <http://www.teenreads.com/authors/au-rennison-

louise.asp>.

Rennison, Louise. "Louise Rennison and her daughter, Kim O'Connor." The Sunday

Times. Personal Interview by Caroline Scott . 199/06/2005.

<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/article531491.ece>.

"Meet Louise." Infographic. The Official Confessions of GEORGIA NICHOLSON

Website. Louise Rennison. HarperCollins, 2006. Web. 9 Sep 2011.

<http://www.georgianicolson.com/index.html>.

"Book Review: Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison."

Infographic. Blopg Critics Books. Colbi Beam. Blogcritics.org, 2009. Web. 9 Sep 2011.

<http://blogcritics.org/books/article/book-review-angus-thongs-and-full/>.

CONTINUED

"About the Book: Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging." Infographic. Critical

Praise for Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging . Harper Collins, 2006. Web. 9

Sep 2011. <http://www.harpercollins.com/books/Angus-Thongs-Full-Frontal-

Snogging-Louise-Rennison/?isbn=9780064472272>.

"Louise Rennison." Infographic. Fantastic Fiction. L E Dickinson, , and D C Wands.

Fantastic Fiction, 2011. Web. 9 Sep 2011.

<http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/r/louise-rennison/>.

"http://biography.jrank.org/pages/338/Rennison-Louise-1951-Awards-Honors.html."

Infographic. http://biography.jrank.org/pages/338/Rennison-Louise-1951-Awards-

Honors.html. Net Industries, 2011. Web. 9 Sep 2011.

<http://biography.jrank.org/pages/338/Rennison-Louise-1951-Awards-Honors.html>.