Georgie Codd was conceived, born and raised in the south-west of England. After a long interlude in three cities, she returned there to live in 2020. That same year, she published the fish-themed memoir We Swim to the Shark, and founded the Time Out award-winning 'antiviral' literary festival BookBound 2020 in aid of mental health charities. Never Had a Dad is her second book.
'A dating quest with a difference' The Times 'You think every book has been written … you think every idea has come out. And then you pick up a book like this … What a wonderful idea and what a wonderful project … Everybody needs to get hold of a copy of this book … brilliant' Jo Good, BBC Radio London '[A] strange, touching but often very funny account of one woman's search for a father figure… Makes a commendable effort to try to pin down what it means to be a good father, even if defining it proves elusive' Constance Craig Smith, Daily Mail ‘Georgie’s the type of person who gets very creative when she tries to solve a problem’ This American Life ‘An almost spiritual mission … sharply drawn’ Times Literary Supplement ‘A lesson in not giving up, demonstrating that, as with all good adventure stories, the real benefit is in the searching’ The i ‘A terrific read’ BBC Radio Norfolk