James and Ashley interview Kay Kerr and Anna Whateley, neurodiverse authors of young-adult fiction. In it, Kay and Anna discuss their journeys to diagnosis as adults, their upcoming second books, and their remarkable friendship.

Learn more about Kay on her website, and buy a copy of her debut novel 'Please Don't Hug Me' from your local bookshop, Booktopia or wherever else books are sold.

Learn more about Anna on her website, and buy a copy of her debut novel 'Peta Lyre's Rating Normal' from your local bookshop, Booktopia or wherever else books are sold.

Books and authors discussed in this episode

• Late Bloomer by Clem Bastow;
• The Boy from the Mish by Gary Lonesborough;
• Henry Hamlet's Heart by Rhiannon Wilde;
• Future Girl by Asphyxia;
• When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro;
• The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro;
• Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro;
• Vodka and Apple Juice by Jay Martin;
• A History of My Brief History by Billy Ray Belcourt;
• The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson

You can read James' interview with Writing NSW here.

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