Anna Todd

Anna Renee Todd (born March 21, 1989) is an American author known for her After series, which had its start as One Direction fanfiction posted to the story sharing website Wattpad.[1]

Background

Todd grew up in Dayton, Ohio. She married her husband at the age of 18 and the two moved to Fort Hood Texas, where she worked at a Waffle House and the makeup counter of ULTA Beauty.[2]

After

Using the pen name "imaginator1D" on Wattpad, Todd began writing After in 2013 on Wattpad, where it quickly became popular.[3][4] The series focused on the English band One Direction, particularly its member Harry Styles.[5] It was purchased by Simon & Schuster and Harry Styles was renamed Hardin Scott, including other characters names, for the book release. Film rights were acquired by Paramount Pictures and Susan McMartin has been announced to write the script.[6][7]

In 2015 Todd announced that she would be publishing Before, a prequel novel that tells the events of After from the perspective of Hardin Scott.[8]

The series has sometimes been compared to the Fifty Shades trilogy as both series had their start as fanfiction.[8][9] Reviewers at the website site Jezebel criticized the series and stated that it "echoes the troubling dynamics of 50 Shades", as they felt that Harry's character "behaves at best like a prick, at worst like an abusive boyfriend in the making".[10]

Novels

  1. After (2014)
  2. After We Collided (2014)
  3. After We Fell (2014)
  4. After Ever Happy (2015)
  5. Before (2015)
  6. Nothing More (2016)
  7. Nothing Less (2016)

References

  1. ↑ Mayer, Petra. "After 'Fifty Shades,' Could This Be The Next Big Online Hit?". NPR. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  2. ↑ Kois, Dan. "How One Direction Superfan Anna Todd Went From Waffle House Waitress to Next-Big-Author With Erotic Fan-Fic Series 'After'". Billboard. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Medley, Mark. "Anna Todd's novel was 'read' more than a billion times thanks to Wattpad". Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Alba, Davey. "Fanfic Star Anna Todd on How the Internet Made Her Famous". Wired. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  5. ↑ Schumann, Rebecka. "One Direction Fans Slam Harry Styles Fan Fiction Author Anna Todd". International Business Times. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "‘After’ Movie: Paramount Acquires Rights To Wattpad Book By Anna Todd". Deadline Hollywood. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  7. ↑ Ford, Rebecca. "'Mom' Writer Susan McMartin to Adapt One Direction-Inspired Fan-Fiction 'After' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  8. 1 2 Goodman, Jessica. "After author Anna Todd to release new book, Before -- exclusive". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  9. ↑ Odell, Amy (21 October 2014). "This 25-Year-Old Turned Her One Direction Obsession Into a Six-Figure Paycheck". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  10. ↑ Faircloth, Kelly. "Book Is Supposedly New 50 Shades, But Is Really Just Sloppy Fanfic". Jezebel. Retrieved 2 September 2015.

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