Louise Jane Wener is an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 writer

Writer

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 and singer, formerly of the band

Band (music)

In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform music. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* All-female band* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band...

 Sleeper

Sleeper (band)

Sleeper were a British Britpop band in the 1990s fronted by Louise Wener. The band had eight UK Top 40 hit singles and three UK Top 10 albums. Their music was also featured in the soundtrack of Trainspotting.-Career:...

. Sleeper recorded three full length album

Album

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s: Smart

Smart (album)

-Track listing:All tracks written by Louise Wener, unless stated otherwise.#"Inbetweener" - 3:18#"Swallow" - 2:42#"Delicious" - 3:01#"Hunch" - 3:38#"Amuse" - 2:09#"Bedhead" - 3:00#"Lady Love Your Countryside" - 2:40#"Vegas" - 3:14...

, The It Girl

The It Girl (album)

The It Girl is the second studio album by English Britpop band Sleeper, first released in May 1996 . It was their most successful album, selling over 300,000 copies in England alone.-Track listing:...

, and Pleased to Meet You

Pleased to Meet You (Sleeper album)

Pleased To Meet You is the third and final studio album by the 90's britpop band Sleeper. The album was released in October 1997 in the UK, peaking at number 7 on the UK Album Chart...

. After the band split in 1998 Wener began a writing career, and has written four novels: Goodnight Steve McQueen, The Big Blind (aka The Perfect Play) The Half Life of Stars and Worldwide Adventures In Love. Her autobiography, Different for Girls: My True-life Adventures in Pop was published in June 2010 (ISBN 978-0091936518).

In addition to writing, she teaches novel-writing

Writing

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 and poker

Poker

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 courses, and has formed a new band, Huge Advance, with partner Andy (a fellow Sleeper member), although they currently only play in and around their residential suburb

Suburb

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 of Crouch End

Crouch End

Crouch End is an area of north London, in the London Borough of Haringey.- Location :Crouch End is in a valley between Harringay to the east, Hornsey, Muswell Hill and Wood Green to the north, Finsbury Park and Archway to the south and Highgate to the west...

. Wener is a fan

Fan (person)

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 of London

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  football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club West Ham United

West Ham United F.C.

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.

She has a son and daughter and has written an article about motherhood for The Guardian

The Guardian

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in which she was highly critical of the writer Lionel Shriver

Lionel Shriver

-Early life and education:Lionel Shriver was born Margaret Ann Shriver on May 18, 1957 in Gastonia, North Carolina, to a deeply religious family . At age 15, she changed her name from Margaret Ann to Lionel because she did not like the name she had been given, and as a tomboy felt that a...

's attitude toward the subject.