Honor Blackman "The Brits would love her because they knew her as Mrs. Gale, the Yanks would like her because she was so good, it was a perfect combination". During the 1960s, Blackman practised judo at the famous Budokwai dojo. This helped her prepare for her roles as Cathy Gale in "The Avengers" and Pussy Galore in "Goldfinger." At 38, she was one of the oldest actresses to play a Bond girl,five years older than Sean Connery. In 1968 Blackman appeared opposite John Neville and Hylda Baker in the musical play "Mr & Mrs", based on the plays of Noël Coward. In
Honor Girl Thrash's first crush at an all-girls summer camp in Kentucky in 2000. "The New York Times Book Review" called the story "sweet and obsessive and dead on," and found that "Thrash shows an impressive grasp of the language of comics." In its starred review, "Kirkus Reviews" called the book a "luminescent memoir not to be missed." "Honor Girl" also received starred reviews from "School Library Journal", "Publishers Weekly" and "Kirkus Reviews", and was an official "Junior Library Guild Selection" for Fall 2015. "Honor Girl" was a finalist for the 2016 "Los Angeles Times" Book Prize in the Graphic Novel/Comics category.