Holly Miranda Smale is a British writer born on December 7, 1981. She is best known for creating the Geek Girl series, a popular children's book franchise. The first book in the series achieved significant recognition, winning the 2014 Waterstones Children's Book Prize and earning a shortlist position for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize in 2013. The series concluded with the publication of Forever Geek by HarperCollins in March 2017.