By Thushanthi Ponweera Today we're pleased to welcome Lyn Miller-Lachmann (Torch) and Meg Eden Kuyatt (Good Different) to the WNDB blog to discuss writing autistic characters and more! * Both Selah (in Good Different) and Tomas (in Torch) are on the autism spectrum but are both … [Read more...] about Writing Autistic Characters with Lyn Miller-Lachmann and Meg Eden Kuyatt
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Elisa A. Bonnin’s 8 Reads to Check Out After Stolen City
By Elisa A. Bonnin My sophomore novel Stolen City, releases on September 20, 2022. It’s a heist novel about twin thieves who steal magic artifacts from their city’s colonizers, and who end up stealing the whole city back in the process. The book has four POV characters, all of whom have different … [Read more...] about Elisa A. Bonnin’s 8 Reads to Check Out After Stolen City
Q&A With Andrew Joseph White, Hell Followed With Us
By Kaley Kiermayr Today we’re pleased to welcome Andrew Joseph White to the WNDB blog to discuss his debut young adult novel Hell Followed With Us, out since June 7, 2022! Sixteen-year-old trans boy Benji is on the run from the cult that raised him—the fundamentalist sect that unleashed … [Read more...] about Q&A With Andrew Joseph White, Hell Followed With Us
Q&A With Maya MacGregor, The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester
By Maria Mayor Today we're pleased to welcome Maya MacGregor to the WNDB blog to discuss The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester, out May 3, 2022! Sam Sylvester has long collected stories of half-lived lives—of kids who died before they turned nineteen. Sam was almost one of those kids. … [Read more...] about Q&A With Maya MacGregor, The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester
Balancing Authentic and Accessible: A. J. Sass on Autistic Representation in Ellen Outside the Lines
We previously interviewed A. J. about Ellen Outside the Lines here. By A. J. Sass When my proposal for my sophomore novel, Ellen Outside the Lines, sold, I cycled through a mix of emotions. I was thrilled to get to write another book, of course, but I was also nervous. Although I am autistic … [Read more...] about Balancing Authentic and Accessible: A. J. Sass on Autistic Representation in Ellen Outside the Lines
Q&A With A. J. Sass, Ellen Outside the Lines
By Alaina Lavoie Today we're pleased to welcome A. J. Sass to the WNDB blog to discuss middle grade novel Ellen Outside the Lines, out today, March 22, 2022! Thirteen-year-old Ellen Katz feels most comfortable when her life is well planned out and people fit neatly into her predefined … [Read more...] about Q&A With A. J. Sass, Ellen Outside the Lines
Digging in the Past for Our Futures
A Million Quiet Revolutions by Robin Gow comes out on March 22, 2022. For as long as they can remember, Aaron and Oliver have only ever had each other. In a small town with few queer teenagers, let alone young trans men, they’ve shared milestones like coming out as trans, buying the right … [Read more...] about Digging in the Past for Our Futures
Q&A With Mickey Rowe, Fearlessly Different
By Alaina Lavoie Today we’re pleased to welcome Mickey Rowe to the blog to discuss Fearlessly Different, out today! My name is Mickey Rowe. I am an actor, a theatre director, a father, and a husband. I am also a man with autism. You think those things don’t go together? Let me show you that … [Read more...] about Q&A With Mickey Rowe, Fearlessly Different
Q&A With Sarah Kapit, The Many Mysteries of the Finkel Family
By Alaina Leary Today we’re pleased to welcome Sarah Kapit to the WNDB blog to discuss her middle grade novel The Many Mysteries of the Finkel Family, out March 23, 2021! Fans of the Penderwicks and the Vanderbeekers, meet the Finkel family in this middle grade novel about two autistic … [Read more...] about Q&A With Sarah Kapit, The Many Mysteries of the Finkel Family
