Louise Jane Wener is an English writer and songwriter, formerly of the band Sleeper. Sleeper recorded three full length albums: Smart, The It Girl, and Pleased to Meet You. After the band split in 1998 Wener began a writing career, and has written four novels: Goodnight Steve McQueen, The Big Blind 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. In addition to writing, she teaches novel-writing, and has formed a band, Huge Advance, with partner Andy, although they only play in and around their residential suburb of Crouch End. She has a son and daughter and has written an article about motherhood for The Guardian in which she was highly critical of the writer Lionel Shriver's attitude toward the subject. [More at Wikipedia]

July 30th, 1966 in Ilford (Age 57)