University of British Columbia

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Powered by ADHD …though the brake pedal probably reads fibromyalgia . And if I’m going to stretch this metaphor past breaking point, the toolbox on the seat beside me might be labelled NLD . After all, the flip side to “non-verbal learning disorder” is arguably “high verbal ability.” I’m not saying that my cognitive differences made me a writer — that would be flippant and untrue — but though they pose challenges, there are ways in which they can sometimes help. I write science fiction, fantasy, speculative fiction; call it whatever you want, my novels and stories are full of the unreal, the futuristic, the unlikely, the impossible. I was born in Jamaica, in the Caribbean. I lived for years

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