Penny Kiley Author & Music Journalist

<p>It&#39;s 1977 and punk has just hit Liverpool.  </p><p>The legendary Eric&#39;s club is home to the city&#39;s rebels and posers - many became pop stars.</p><p>Penny Kiley became a music journalist.</p><p><em>Atypical Girl - Punk rock, Liverpool and trying to be normal&#39;</em> is Penny&#39;s homage to the city&#39;s re-emergence as a musical force which had lain dormant since the Beatles upped sticks and left in the 60&#39;s.</p><p>The book is also the highly personalised tale of an autistic woman in the male-dominated world of music journalism - working for Melody Maker, Smash Hits and the Liverpool Echo, reviewing gigs by Echo and the Bunnymen and Dead or Alive, and interviewing Jonathan Richman and the rest.</p><p><em>&quot;If anyone can paint a true picture of those glorious days, Penny can.&quot; - </em>says <strong>Will Seargent.</strong><br></p>