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Penny Kiley, sometime Melody Maker contributor, whose Atypical Girl is a memoir of her times in the late-1970s hanging out at Liverpool’s Eric’s Club where she rubbed shoulders with Echo and the Bunnymen, Teardrop Explodes, the Mighty Wah!, Pete Burns and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. Penny now lives in Oxford where she is a freelance writer, editor and web content specialist. She is a Plain English Campaign award winner and an NUJ activist. Photo © Hazel Dunlop, 2026