Lisette Autonis a disabled writer, performer, activist, and creative practitioner based in North East England. She is a white woman with freckles and brown hair of changing length.

And her creative adventure had a significant breakthrough in 2018, winning one of 10 coveted spots in the Penguin Random House UK’s WriteNow Programme, which aims to find, mentor and publish new writers from communities under-represented on UK bookshelves.

Lisette is now busy working on her debut middle grade novel for Puffin Books called, The Secret of Haven Point, due to be published in 2022, and an as-yet untitled second book for 2023.

Woven throughout her tapestry of words, Lisette is driven to write the missing - to make disability highly visible and part of everyday conversation and creative practices, instead of being too often overlooked and ignored.

She is a founding member and Director of Disconsortia, a collective of disabled artists, who work to ensure equal inclusion across the creative landscape and all its practices.

So in this episode, Lisette shares her passion for words and how she has adapted to the significant restrictions faced during the global pandemic.

Explore more of Lisette's world of words:

• Writing the Missing - A River Cycle (with BSL, Audio Description & Captions)
• What Would Frida Say? (captioned)
• Lisette Auton's Website

You can also discover more creative wonder of disability arts via:

• Disconsortia
• Little Cog

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