Is 2011 The Year Of The Geek Girl?

Aside from the upcoming release of my book Geek Girls Unite, there’s a ton of evidence that points in the direction of 2011 being The Year of the Geek Girl. What do you think, any why haven’t you pre-ordered by book yet?

Geek Girl Of The Week: Amy Poehler

Whenever I see Amy Poehler come on screen, I laugh. No matter what she’s doing, I start to giggle uncontrollably.

Geek Girl Of The Week: Björk

I might not always understand what Björk’s singing—or what she’s wearing—but I’ve always appreciated her unwavering devotion to creating the most authentic music possible.

Geek Girl Of The Week: Bonnie Burton

Twice a week, I’ll be introducing you to a different geek goddess featured in the pages of Geek Girls Unite, so you’ll want to come back often! First up, the lovely and talented Bonnie Burton.

Order “Geek Girls Unite” On Amazon.com

After months and months of writing, editing, rewriting, re-editing, rinse, repeat, I am pleased to present the finished copy of my new book, Geek Girls Unite: How Fangirls, Bookworms, Indie Chicks, and Other Misfits Are Taking Over the World. What do you think? I’m kinda in love with it—so much so that I wouldn’t mind marrying it. (Don’t worry. You’ll totally be invited to the wedding.) As we speak, the designed manuscript is at the printer, doing whatever manuscripts do before they get bound into 224-page tomes and shipped out to various bookstores, specialty shops and Amazon carts on October 18, 2011 October 4, 2011. In fact, speaking of Amazon, you can already pre-order a copy of Geek…

More about Leslie Simon

Leslie is the author of Geek Girls Unite: How Fangirls, Bookworms, Indie Chicks and Other Misfits Are Taking Over the World, out now through It Books. She is also the author of Wish You Were Here: An Essential Guide to Your Favorite Music Scenes and co-author of Everybody Hurts: An Essential Guide to Emo Culture. She currently lives in Los Angeles, CA.