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Holly Smale

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Born

December 07, 1981

Website

http://www.hollysmale.com

Twitter

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Genre

Children's, Humor and Comedy, Young Adult

Influences

Roald Dahl; Sue Townsend; LM Montgomery; Enid Blyton.

Member Since

October 2012

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/holly_smale

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Holly is the Number One bestselling, multi-award winning author of the GEEK GIRL series.

She fell in love with writing at five years old, when she realised that books didn't grow on trees like apples. A passion for travel, adventure and wearing no shoes has since led her all over the world: she has visited 27 countries, spent two years working as an English teacher in Japan, volunteered in Nepal, been bartered for in Jamaica and had a number of ear-plugs stolen in Australia, Indonesia and India.

Holly has a BA in English Literature, an MA in Shakespeare, and currently lives in London or at @holsmale.

The GEEK GIRL series has been an internationally bestselling no1. smash-hit. It won the Waterstones Teen Prize of the Year and the Leeds book a ...more

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GEEK GIRL has just been announced as the Number One biggest selling teen book in the UK last year. So incredibly humbled - thanks to everyone who has bought and enjoyed it.

Writing only makes sense with readers, and you have all been amazing. xxx

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Average rating: 3.77 · 125,893 ratings · 12,586 reviews · 34 distinct works • Similar authors

	Cassandra in Reverse 3.57 avg rating — 54,339 ratings — published 2023 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Geek Girl (Geek Girl, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 25,908 ratings — published 2013 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Model Misfit (Geek Girl, #2) 3.99 avg rating — 12,932 ratings — published 2013 — 64 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Picture Perfect (Geek Girl, #3) 3.97 avg rating — 8,687 ratings — published 2014 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All That Glitters (Geek Girl, #4) 4.02 avg rating — 5,924 ratings — published 2015 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Head Over Heels (Geek Girl, #5) 4.11 avg rating — 4,113 ratings — published 2016 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forever Geek (Geek Girl, #6) 4.33 avg rating — 3,419 ratings — published 2017 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All Wrapped Up 3.98 avg rating — 2,272 ratings — published 2015 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Geek Drama (Geek Girl, #2.5) 3.97 avg rating — 2,246 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Know How This Ends 4.21 avg rating — 1,617 ratings — published 2025 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Pursuit of Love & Love in a Cold Climate (Radlett and Montdore, #1-2)

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Quotes by Holly Smale (?)

“Nobody hopped into a wardrobe to find Narnia; they hopped in, thinking it was just a wardrobe. They didn't climb up the Faraway Tree, knowing it was a Faraway Tree; they thought it was just a really big tree. Harry Potter thought he was a normal boy; Mary Poppins was supposed to be a regular nanny. It's the first and only rule. Magic comes when you're not looking for it.”
― Holly Smale, Geek Girl

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“I didn't need to transform after all.
My name is Harriet Manners and I am a geek.
And maybe that's not so bad after all.”
― Holly Smale, Geek Girl

tags: inspirational

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“Nobody really metamorphoses. Cinderella is always Cinderella, just in a nicer dress. The Ugly Duckling was always a swan, just a smaller version. And I bet the tadpole and the caterpillar still feel the same, even when they're jumping and flying, swimming and floating.

Just like I am now.”
― Holly Smale, Geek Girl

tags: change, cinderella, feeling-different, make-over, metamorphosis, transformation

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If you had to choose to have another series have a website like the old Pottermore, which series would you choose?

Percy Jackson and the Olympians Rick Riordan

315 votes, 45.6%

Series of Unfortunate Events Lemony Snicket

126 votes, 18.2%

Lord of the Rings J.R.R Tolkien

95 votes, 13.7%

Hunger Games Suzanne Collins

59 votes, 8.5%

Divergent Veronica Roth

37 votes, 5.4%

Other (please state below)

26 votes, 3.8%

Twighlight Stephanie Meyers

19 votes, 2.7%

Geek Girl Holly Smale

14 votes, 2.0%

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Holly’s Quotes

“Books. Cats. Life is Good.”
― Edward Gorey

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“Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.”
― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

tags: coldness, depression, happiness, life, sad, sadness, sorrow

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“I didn't need to transform after all.
My name is Harriet Manners and I am a geek.
And maybe that's not so bad after all.”
― Holly Smale, Geek Girl

tags: inspirational

74 likes

“Anne laughed.

"I don't want sunbursts or marble halls, I just want you.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island

tags: love

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“Life is worth living as long as there's a laugh in it.”
― Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

tags: humor, laughter, life

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