Are there any fiction authors who are autistic?

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RachelM

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It is a common perception that autistics are bad at writing fiction. How true is this? I know of one fantasy author who is autistic. Any other fiction authors who are autistic, have aspergers or autistic trait. Please could I have name of author and which category they come into.
 
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lexiana

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I don't actually know any, but I just read one of the comments, and I just wanted to clear up - the person who wrote "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime" isn't Aspergers - he just wrote from the perspective of an Aspergers boy.
 
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cathrl69

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I believe the guy who wrote The Curious Tale Of The Dog In The Nighttime (which is about an autistic boy) has Aspergers.

In general, I don't see why autistic authors should be expected to share their medical conditions, any more than you'd expect to know if an author was diabetic, or had heart problems.
 
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tUHt

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Supposedly, Herman Melville was. Just google "list of famous people with autism/asperger's and you will find that some of the greatest writers of all time were autistic/aspies.
 
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