Neurodivergent Authors - S. K. Gregory

1) As an author, do you write neurodivergent characters?
 
I have started writing neuro divergent characters recently as I only discovered I was AuDHD in the last few years. That being said, I think a lot of my characters had ADHD or Autistic traits without me realizing it. My most recent character has ADHD and she discovers she is the new Keeper for a magical library. That is under my pen name Addison Sinclair.

2) What types of neurodivergency have you included in your work? 

ADHD as I said, but I have also I included Autism in a character for a short story. I do plan on expanding that into a series at some point. 

3) How does your neurodivergency impact your writing?

It can be very chaotic with my ADHD. Especially with deadlines. I struggle some days to write anything, and then other days I go into hyper focus and I can write for hours. I do love my imagination and I know it is partly because of my AuDHD. I have hyperphantasia too which allows me to play out stories in my head like a movie.

4) What aspects of neurodivergency do you wish were more mainstream and that more people understood?

That it doesn't have a specific look and everyone deserves understanding. Too many people assume that people must look or act a certain way if they are neuro divergent. They don't understand how it affects people and how distressing some situations can be. We have a world of knowledge at our fingertips and I would encourage everyone to read up on it. To listen to people's stories so they are aware of why someone may respond a certain way.

5) Do you have any other neurodivergent authors that you would recommend?

S. L. Sinclair, Lily Luchesi, Sarina Langer, Brigitte Ann Thomas - to name a few but there are so many out there.

6) What are you working on next?

I am working on a new story that is very loosely based on Alice in Wonderland. The main character is sent to another world where she has to fight to survive. I hope to release it later this year.