Discussion: Fictional Disabilities
In science-fiction and fantasy, you invariably run into fictional disabilities and allegories. Do these “count” as disability? What makes them work successfully in a book?
Author Gabe Cole Novoa
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Gabe Cole Novoa
Gabe Cole Novoa is a trans Latinx author who writes speculative fiction featuring marginalized characters grappling with identity. His upcoming book, The Wicked Bargain, will be published by Random House Kids in 2022. He is also the author of the Beyond the Red trilogy, written under his former pseudonym, Ava Jae, and runs a popular writing-focused YouTube channel, bookishpixie.
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