You always suspected I was a gigantic, recidivist geek, and now you have proof. My latest book, She's Such a Geek: Women Write About Science, Technology and Other Nerdy Stuff, has hit the bookstores and the interwebs. I co-edited this collection of essays with übernerd Charlie Anders, and it includes outspoken, ass-kicking essays from 24 women who talk about what it's like to grow up nerdy, fall in love with math, and become amazing scientists, engineers, comic book writers, and game designers. Of course there's an essay from yours truly, as well as computer science prof. Ellen Spertus, Batman scribe Devin Grayson, tech lawyer Wendy Seltzer, podcaster Violet Blue, biologist Nina Dudnik, Fragdoll Morgan Romine, physicist-cum-writer Kristin Abkemeier, and astronomer/host of the new Wired Science PBS show Aomawa Shields. Plus many more!
Already, the rave reviews are coming in. BoingBoing-er Xeni Jardin said, "I take great joy in the spirit evident throughout this book." Red Mars author Kim Stanley Robinson said She's Such a Geek is "as sharp, interesting and funny as the girl geeks I know best." New York Times writer Katie Hafner said, "These personal essays are exhilarating, hilarious, inspiring, and infuriating. Anyone with a daughter should read this book." And Ellen Ullman, author of The Bug, said "She's Such a Geek is a delight, a challenge, and a call to arms." Damn straight! Female geeks rule.
Need I say that this book makes a great gift for geeks of every gender? The She's Such a Geek gang will be on a book tour in January and February, so look for us in Boston, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Oakland. And yes, we have a blog.
She's Such a Geek [blog]
