Books where the author is disabled in some way that a protagonist in the book is as well. Please don't "out" an author, like if the disability is private. It doesn't matter if it's a physical or mental disability. It all counts. The definition can be broad, chronic pain, mental illness, physical disability (visible or invisible) etc. Let it all be heard!
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message 1: by Bogi (new)

Bogi Takács I put on Beneath Ceaseless Skies #183 because the Rose Lemberg novelette in there qualifies, it just doesn't seem to have a separate GR page. I hope this is OK!


message 2: by Tyler (new)

Tyler Gray Bogi wrote: "I put on Beneath Ceaseless Skies #183 because the Rose Lemberg novelette in there qualifies, it just doesn't seem to have a separate GR page. I hope this is OK!"

It's ok! Thanks for telling me ^_^


message 3: by Bogi (new)

Bogi Takács You're welcome! Just remembered another novelette that might go unnoticed bc it was published in a magazine - Trickster by Mari Ness in Clarkesworld #57. Wheelchair-using protagonist and author.

I will probably be continuing to add things as they occur to me... which is rather haphazardly. Thank you for making this list!!


message 4: by Tyler (new)

Tyler Gray Bogi wrote: "You're welcome! Just remembered another novelette that might go unnoticed bc it was published in a magazine - Trickster by Mari Ness in Clarkesworld #57. Wheelchair-using protagonist and author.

I..."


Thank you for adding to it! :)


message 5: by Else (new)

Else Not a book, but the online RPG series Callisto 6 has a wheelchair-using superhero as one of the 6 main characters. And they're awesome :D


message 6: by Else (new)

Else I added two issues of Uncanny Magazine: Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction and Disabled People Destroy Fantasy. I'm not sure if all stories are ownvoices but both issues have interviews with most of the authors, and the ones I've read are ownvoices.


message 7: by Tyler (new)

Tyler Gray Else wrote: "I added two issues of Uncanny Magazine: Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction and Disabled People Destroy Fantasy. I'm not sure if all stories are ownvoices but both issues have interviews with m..."

Awesome ^_^


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