Gidget is a fictional character created by author Frederick Kohner (based on his teenage daughter, Kathy) in his 1957 novel, Gidget, the Little Girl with Big Ideas. The novel follows the adventures of a teenage girl and her surfing friends on the beach at Malibu. The name Gidget is a portmanteau word of "girl and midget". Gidget(2001) by Frederick Kohner, Berkley Publishing Group, New York, NY (first edition 1957) Following the novel's publication, the character appeared in several films, telev… (More on Gidget)