About

| Julia 'Jules' Sherred

Confirmed to be a “Geek God” by some online quiz and dubbed “The Queen of Geek” by many of her fans, Julia ‘Jules’ Sherred is a mother, writer, author, radio personality, blogger, gamer, tech enthusiast, science nerd, sci-fi and fantasy freak, hard core Trekker, has an unnatural obsession with Optimus Prime and so much more. She emerged from the womb fully embracing her geeky tendencies, with a book on Astrophysics in one hand and a deck of cards in the other.

Growing up, games were always an important part of her family, including family board game nights, Christmas family poker games and trying to pry the ColecoVision® and later NES controllers from her mother’s hands. She has now passed on this tradition to her own children and is raising the next generation of geeks and gamers.

In early 2008, she was hired by Party 934 as their Program Director. When the station finally hit the airwaves in September 2008, that is when she began to host her Geeky Pleasures radio show. Once a week for 2 hours, she played a wide variety of music including many geeky songs and discussed with her listeners some geek topic of the week. She has had some pretty well-known geeks sit across from her during her shows, including interviews with: The King of Geek Wil Wheaton, MTV Executive Producer Shane Nickerson, Bad Astronomer Phil Plait PhD and geek music sensation Jonathan Coulton.

In 2009, she also took on the additional duties of Assistant General Manager of the station and launched her Geeky Pleasures website when her show and blog could no longer adequately fill the demand she was receiving to share her “unique brand of geekiness”. Due to a change in circumstances, she stepped away from her radio show, her AGM and PD duties at the station.

After helping to create and build another radio station in 2010, she decided it was time for her to move on and do her own thing, enabling her to make a specific vision a reality. With a passion for music, entertaining the world and helping others to realise their same dreams, she is extremely happy to have launched The Look 24/7 in 2011, where the Geeky Pleasures Radio show, plus more, continue to live.

Books

| My published works

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Five Little Zombies And Fred From The Mundane To The Insane Tales Of A Lupus Butterfly

Five Little Zombies And Fred

Five Little Zombies And Fred is a not-for-children children’s book, written and illustrated to speak to the child in every one. It tells the story of our hero Fred who finds himself in the middle of the zombie apocalypse. Will he survive with the help of his friend the Mountie? It is written by Jules Sherred and illustrated by Matt Schubbe, with songs written and performed by Errol Elumir and mixed/mastered by Chris Cogott, and video by Andrew Edgar.

You can find purchasing information here.

From The Mundane To The Insane

Julia Sherred’s From The Mundane to the Insane is a touching tale of one woman’s love of life and hope for the future despite overwhelming challenges. Written as a love letter to her two children in an intimate, conversational tone, Sherred explores the contours of her fascinating life as a dancer, an actor, daughter, mother and Lupus sufferer. It is a tender and humorous celebration of life and family, of creativity and geeky obsessions, and is an inspiration and invitation for each of us to grab life by the horns and truly enjoy every aspect of our wonderful journey without destination.

One dollar of each sale is donated to the scientific search for the treatment and cure for Lupus.

Tales From A Lupus Butterfly

This book was created as part of the October 2010 update to the Lupus Awareness Virtual Art Gallery.

This book is so that nobody ever feels ashamed of their fear or anger, ever again. I know that is an impossible hope. Maybe a more realistic hope is, I hope this book lets you know that is okay that you feel the way you are feeling. That you are not alone in what you are feeling. That it really is perfectly okay and natural. There is no shame in it despite your best efforts to beat yourself up over it. That right at this very moment, odds are someone else is feeling the same things you are. I hope that if you start to feel alone, isolated and that nobody gets it, you can pick up this book, read it and really know you are definitely not alone.

Interviews

| People I've talked to

You can find more information about any of the interviews below here. You can subscribe to the Geeky Pleasures Radio Show on iTunes here. Most of the interviews are not suitable for work.

Below is a list of interviews I have conducted.

On November 5, 2008, I had the pleasure of pre-recording an interview with actor and author Wil Wheaton, for my Geeky Pleasures Radio Show.