S3 Bonus Episode - The Geek Girl
In this special bonus episode Catherine's daughter Kristina, who is 7 and autistic takes over as host to interview her autistic idol, The Geek Girl AKA Holly Smale on all things autism and everything geek girl.
About Holly
Holly's debut children's novel, GEEK GIRL, became the No.1 Young Adult title in the UK and won the Waterstones YA Book Prize, selling 3.4 million books in 30 languages.
She is the co-creator, writer and exec producer of the GEEK GIRL TV show, which launched on Netflix worldwide (and StackTV in Canada) on the 30th of May 2024.
At the age of 39, Holly was diagnosed as both autistic and dyspraxic. She writes and speaks passionately about neurodiversity and a lot of random topics she's not really qualified to talk about yet does anyway.
Her debut adult novel, THE CASSANDRA COMPLEX (UK)/ CASSANDRA IN REVERSE (US) is out now, and is a Reese's Book Club Pick, a BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick and the Aardvark Book Club pick.
She lives in Hove, England, and Holly also appeared on the podcast in Season 2. You can listen here
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