,
Readers' Most Anticipated Books for Fall 2025
Ren French
16 ratings | 0 reviews | avg rating:4.81

more photos (12)

Ren French’s Followers (5)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo

Ren’s Bookshelves

to-read (4)
currently-reading (0)
read (17)
creating-a-concierge (0)

Ren’s Friends (219)

Jenna C...
Jenna Chevier
871 books | 13 friends

Michael...
Michael Winters
40 books | 45 friends

Kayla B...
Kayla Berry
18 books | 46 friends

Michaela
Michaela
759 books | 80 friends

Tom Ical
Tom Ical
19 books | 114 friends

Tom Andes
Tom Andes
157 books | 163 friends

Ben Cle...
Ben Clement
69 books | 22 friends

Kyle Woods
Kyle Woods
1 book | 139 friends

More friends…

Ren French

Goodreads Author


Born
in San Antonio, Texas, The United States
Website

Genre
Humor and Comedy, Biography, Memoir

Influences
My father - best storyteller on this planet

Member Since
March 2020

URL


Ren French is a New Orleans based playwright, actor, and award-winning hotel concierge. His wildly successful old-time radio series, The Clifton Monroe Chronicles, has been performed on stages throughout New Orleans. His other series include Saints and Sisters: Nuns with Guns in Old New Orleans; The Chip Parker Journals; and A Crescent City Christmas. In addition, Ren has also written short stories, told many tall tales, and performed as a burlesque member of Picolla Tushy Presents: The Bluestockings.
Ren has bitten his tongue for more than thirty years in guest services and now shares his experiences with you, the reader. Enjoy outlandish personalities, dumb guest questions, crazy conversations, and glimpses of his life leading up to and t ...more

Learn more
Ask the Author

To ask Ren French questions, please sign up.

Popular Answered Questions

Can you tell us a two-sentence horror story?
Ren French I had a little pet, my pet was a toad. Poor little toad got flattened in the road. The End - (my favorite story when I was a child. I can't take credi…moreI had a little pet, my pet was a toad. Poor little toad got flattened in the road. The End - (my favorite story when I was a child. I can't take credit for it. I don't know who created, it but it always made me laugh.)(less)
flag
What do you want the reader to experience from your book?
Ren French A lot of laughter. You don't have to read this book page to page. Just flip to the table of contents and pick the story that jumps out at you. I want…more A lot of laughter. You don't have to read this book page to page. Just flip to the table of contents and pick the story that jumps out at you. I want readers to have fun, escape and discover why they sometimes get a crazy look back from a hospitality worker. (less)
flag
See all 8 answers from Ren French…

Combine Editions

Average rating: 4.87 · 15 ratings · 8 reviews · 1 distinct work
Creating a Concierge
by
4.87 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2020
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars

* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.

1 post
Ren French's Blog

Creating the Cover

Hello Readers! Welcome to the first Creating a Concierge unedited blog post. Please note, I did not have an editor check these posts There will be grammatical errors, wrong tenses, run on sentences and so much more. When you find one, and you will, then kudos to you. You win nothing but a southern smile, a head nod and a very cute side eye.
When you shop to buy a book, the first thing you see is t Read more of this blog post »
 •  0 comments  •  flag
Share on Twitter
Published on March 23, 2020 11:14 • Tags: comedy, concierge, concierge-services, friends, funny, gay, hospitality, lgbtq, painting, sassy, snarky, southern-writer, wine
Quotes by Ren French  (?)
Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more)

“By the way, it was me. I farted. You're welcome. Get used to it. I'll do it again before you check out.”
― Ren French, Creating a Concierge
tags: comedy-humor, concierge-service, funny, hospitality, lgbtq, snarky-humor
0 likes
Like

“My safe word is pineapple.”
― Ren French, Creating a Concierge
tags: comedy-humor, concierge-service, funny, hospitality, lgbtq, snarky-humor, southern-writers
0 likes
Like

“It's my job to help the guests, even if I think they'll turn out to be a super-snotty, dripping little twat of distaste and ill repute.”
― Ren French, Creating a Concierge
tags: comedy-humor, concierge-service, funny, hospitality, lgbtq, snarky-humor, southern-writers
0 likes
Like

Ren’s Quotes

“Death is but a doorway that we all must walk through. Don't be sad for those who have left. Be happy for the love they left in the room.”
― Ren French
tags: love
0 likes
Like

“Being an asshole to us just makes you look like an asshole.”
― Ren French, Creating a Concierge
tags: comedy-humor, concierge-service, funny, hospitality, humor, lgbtq
0 likes
Like

“All the world is a stage, concierges are but actors in it.”
― Ren French, Creating a Concierge
tags: comedy-humor, concierge-service, funny, hospitality, lgbtq
0 likes
Like

“In what universe would it be okay for someone to take a redneck dip in a hotel fountain?”
― Ren French, Creating a Concierge
tags: comedy-humor, funny-concierge-services, hospitality, lgbtq, snarky-humor
0 likes
Like

“Condoms are not like a glove; one size does not fit all. Bring your own.”
― Ren French, Creating a Concierge
tags: comedy-humor, concierge-service, funny, hospitality, lgbtq, snarky-humor
0 likes
Like

recent posts
Ren’s Groups

220 Goodreads Librarians Group — 292480 members — last activity 1 minute ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more

Ren’s Friend Comments




No comments have been added yet.