04/04/23
EP 6: Disrupting Young Adult Genre with Real Stories of Human Impact with Ginger Scott
On this week’s episode of The Disruption Podcast, we are excited to kick off Autism Acceptance Month with our amazing guest, best-selling author, and friend Ginger Scott. Ginger shares the ways in which she has chosen to disrupt the young adult and new adult genre by writing stories that focus on mental health, diversity and representation, and autism awareness!
Ginger Scott is a USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Amazon bestselling author from Peoria, Arizona. She has been nominated for both the Goodreads Choice and Rita Awards. She is the author of a plethora of young adult and new adult romance novels, including recent bestsellers The Fuel Series, The Varsity Series, The Hard Count, A Boy Like You, A Girl Like Me, Cry Baby, This Is Falling, and Wild Reckless. And her latest novel, Southpaw, just released at the end of March!
While a sucker for a good romance, Ginger’s other passion is sports, and she often blends the two in her stories. She has been writing and editing for newspapers, magazines, and blogs for a hella long time. She has told the stories of Olympians, politicians, actors, scientists, cowboys, criminals, and even entire towns.
In this episode, Tracey and Michelle talk with Ginger about:
- How Ginger followed her disruption dream of becoming an author
- The often difficult themes that Ginger addresses in her writing and why Ginger has chosen to include themes that usually go unaddressed in the young adult and new adult genres in her novels
- How Ginger handles criticism that comes with being disruptive
- More about Ginger’s focus on autism, the impact of autism on families, and why we lack more significant autism representation
- Autism Acceptance Month
- LIFT: The autism charitable initiative Ginger launched with her friend and fellow author, Kennedy Ryan
- How to support LIFT and get involved with Autism Acceptance Month
You can learn more about LIFT and lending your voice and your support to the important topic of autism during Autism Acceptance Month: http://lift4autism.com/; https://www.instagram.com/lift4autism/; and https://www.facebook.com/LIFT4Autism.
You can also hear the real voices of autism through the impactful work of authors who are bring real stories of the real experience of autism through their work. Check out these Six Actually Autistic Voices in Fiction:
- Talia Hibbert
- Helen Hoang
- Yoon Ha Lee
- Ada Hoffmann
- Jen Wilde
- Corrine Duyvis
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