Holly Smale is the internationally bestselling, award-winning author of the Geek Girl and The Valentines teen series, which have sold 3.4 million copies worldwide. After a lifetime of not quite fitting in, Holly was diagnosed as autistic at the age of 39. Suddenly a lot of things made sense. Holly regularly shares, debates and celebrates neurodiversity on Twitter and Instagram @holsmale.
'Holly Smale is an exceptional writer and this book is a treasure. Everyone should read it and everyone will love it' -- Lindsey Kelk 'Witty, touching and totally absorbing. Cassandra is a funny and sharply-observed character who I loved spending time with' -- Graeme Simsion 'Sharp, funny, quirky, insightful and so very, very relatable' -- Joanne Harris 'Cassandra Dankworth is one of the most compulsively readable protagonists in contemporary fiction. This is a truly original novel, a war cry for you to be you and for me to be me. I loved it.' -- Laura Jane Williams 'Cassandra Dankworth is a character as unique as she is endearing ... An absolute gem of a novel' -- Margarita Monitmore