Birth name Louise Jane Wener Name Louise Wener Instruments Vocals, guitar | Occupation(s) Singer, writer Spouse Andy MacLure Role Writer | |
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Born 30 July 1966 (age 57) ( 1966-07-30 ) Years active 1993–1998 (music)1998 onwards (writing) Awards NME Award for Most Desirable Person Books Goodnight Steve McQueen, The Half Life of Stars, The Big Blind, The perfect play, Worldwide Adventures in Love Albums Smart, Pleased to Meet You, The It Girl | ||
Education University of Manchester | ||
Louise wener at latitude 2011
Louise Jane Wener (born 30 July 1966, Gants Hill, London) is an English writer, songwriter, singer and guitarist of the band Sleeper. Sleeper recorded three full-length albums: Smart, The It Girl, and Pleased to Meet You.
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After the band split in 1998, Wener began a writing career and has written four novels: Goodnight Steve McQueen, The Big Blind (a.k.a. The Perfect Play) The Half Life of Stars and Worldwide Adventures In Love. Her autobiography, Different for Girls: My True-life Adventures in Pop (a.k.a. Just For One Day: Adventures in Britpop) was published in June 2010.
In addition to writing herself, Wener has taught novel-writing. With her partner, Sleeper drummer Andy MacLure By 2011, she and MacLure had married and moved to Brighton, where MacLure teaches at a music college. They have a son and a daughter. Wener has written an article about motherhood for The Guardian.
Louise Wener (Sleeper) TFI Friday June 1996
