Georgie Codd has worked behind the scenes at a funeral parlour, taught English in a Himalayan nunnery, edited publications for the Tibetan Government in Exile, and shadowed drug dealers in Florida City. She is a graduate of the University of East Anglia’s Prose-writing MA, where her flash fiction won the Seth Donaldson Bursary.

Georgie’s first book, We Swim To The Shark – a nonfiction adventure about the sea, scuba diving, and the roots of fear – was published by Fleet in 2020, sparking coverage from BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour, ABC Melbourne, TLS and more. That spring, in partnership with Wasafiri Magazine, Georgie created the lockdown-inspired ‘antiviral’ literary festival BookBound 2020, which won a Time Out Award by public vote.

In 2022, Georgie’s next nonfiction project, Never Had a Dad – a personal quest to find a father figure by ‘dadvertising’ in national newspapers and magazines – caught the attention of the hit US radio show This American Life, and was previewed to millions worldwide. The story was published by William Collins in 2024, and has since featured on the BBC World Service, as well as in The Times, The Express, The Daily Mail and others. Never Had a Dad is now under option for a TV series with a major production company.

Come along to talk about all things YA at our monthly book club

Come along to talk about all things YA at our monthly book club

Come along to talk about all things YA at our monthly book club