A place for stories about chronic illness, disability, mental health, and neurodivergence.
Author: Allison Stalberg Siebens
Contributor
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Allison Stalberg Siebens is an indie author and cat mom to Trico and Frisk. She holds a Masters in Fiction from Southern New Hampshire University.
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By Allison Stalberg Siebens
Rafael Frumkin, author of Confidence and graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and Medill School of Journalism, lives in Carbondale, IL, where he teaches fiction and nonfiction writing at Southern Illinois University. His first novel, The Comedown (2018), is being adapted for television by Freddie Highmore and Regina King at Starz.
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By Allison Stalberg Siebens
Caiti Quatmann (she/her) is a disabled poet and Editor-in-Chief for HNDL Mag. We spoke with her about how she started writing, her favorite poems in the collection, and what she’s working on now.
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By Allison Stalberg Siebens
Aaron H. Aceves is the bisexual, Mexican-American author of This Is Why They Hate Us, which was published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. We spoke with him about intersectional identity, writing books for teens, and what he’s working on now.
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By Allison Stalberg Siebens
Andromeda is a queer, disabled, and neurodivergent author from a small town in the Midwest. He recently graduated his undergrad program with a Classics major and loves to take the themes and stories he learns about and adapt them to the modern day.
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By Allison Stalberg Siebens
Samantha Picaro is the author of Limitless Roads Cafe and Recipe for Confidence. We spoke to Picaro about how her autistic identity informs her writing, the determined heroines she creates, and how she expertly balances comedy and drama.
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By Allison Stalberg Siebens
Author of The Knights of Ash series Sebastiaan Constantino van Doorn spoke with us about writing autistic characters, his writing plans for the future, and, of course, dragons.
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By Allison Stalberg Siebens
April McCloud, author of The Switch, spoke with us about technological body modifications, both as science fiction and as science fact, and her own experience receiving and living with a medical implant.
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By Allison Stalberg Siebens
The author of The Speed of Light, spoke to us about writing a main character with MS, being a journalist, and the line between independence and refusing to accept help.
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By Allison Stalberg Siebens
Imani Jones and Aaliyah Thomas start a business based on Imani’s photography and Aaliyah’s love of fashion. But when the past comes back to haunt them, can their bond get them through?
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By Allison Stalberg Siebens
We spoke to author Regina Sage about Ocean’s Embrace, the disability representation in the novel, and creature romance.