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A female publisher who has mentored more than 200 authors is hoping to produce a book of her own featuring a neurodivergent main character after she was diagnosed with autism.Daniella Blechner started writing the children’s fantasy novel called Sad...

Dear Next Generation: ‘A Gift Far Better Than Any Riches’ I’m the oldest of 11 children. After child number nine was born, my father was struck by severe rheumatoid arthritis. It wasn’t long before many of his joints were frozen and his fingers were twisted and immobile. He lived in excruciating pain, from his jaw down to his toes. His inability to work for over a year cost him the home in the country he’d spent four years building on weekends and evenings, all by hand with no power t...