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To go along with this, I’d really like to see more characters who are autistic or have a learning disorder or a developmental disability and don’t feel the need to hide that or be ashamed of themselves. I’d love to see more autistic characters being casually included in SFF and non contemporary books that don’t center around them being autistic. Aspies aren’t mentally ill, they aren’t scary, they aren’t robots, and they don’t need pity. Reading books where the author thinks it’s better if the autistic isn’t, well, autistic —

I’m so grateful and also fiercely fiercely proud that The Boy Who Steals Houses is out today. And I just want to say thank you to everyone who’s read them, is going to read them, and has let me take up space in your shelves and in your hearts. If you haven’t caught up on my blog tour yet, don’t forget to read (1) this super cute deleted scene over at A Little I mean, TBWSH hasn’t had the widespread promo that my debut got (which was in book boxes and got hyped a lot, which I’m still stoked about! )

Last year I did a post about how to tell if a book has good autism rep + some book recs, but this year, since it’s just THREE DAYS until my novel, The Boy But some people are going to read this book and think Avery isn’t good rep because he’s not relatable to them. It was special to me to write that and know it’s hitting other people’s hearts. It’s important to know that #ownvoices books don’t necessarily equal easy books to write.

I am the one who can’t stop reading The Raven Cycle, who adores Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, who is sitting here waiting for my Matilda telekinesis powers to kick in. It’s like falling in with an old friend when you reread a book you loved years ago! It’s a book of oddness, a tangle of insecurities and the desperate craving of magic from a lonely girl who needs there to be more to this life. The writing was everything I wanted, and having more Grace sibling time was amazing!