Geek Girl is the debut novel by Holly Smale, published in 2013. It won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize Teen category prize in 2014 along with the Leeds Book Award for 2014, and has spawned a series of Geek Girl novels by Smale. From Wikipedia
Despite Foy's claims, director Declan O'Dwyer continues to work on notable projects, including an upcoming Netflix adaptation.