N.E. McMORRAN

N.E. McMorran is a British-Cypriot autistic award-winning author and designer who previously worked at the BBC and taught in London nursery, primary and secondary schools. She later founded the Cyprus magazine publishing company AccessArts Publications Ltd and, more recently, the London based independent 'Spondylux Press', run by autistic female and non-binary professionals to publish inclusive, diverse, own-voice books by neurodivergent creatives. The author's debut novel 'Moojag and the Auticode Secret', which won the international Nautilus Book Award in 2021, was inspired by her experiences growing up in a neurodivergent family, as mother and home educator, and the journey to late autism diagnosis. In 2021 she worked with Peter Street on his childhood biography, GOALKEEPER: Memoir of Poet Peter Street (Games, Secrets, Epilepsy & Love). Her second novel, the Moojag sequel—'Lost Memories', which received a five star Readers' Favorite review, is releases 20th October 2023. Pre-order it now on Amazon and from bookshops. Moojag and the Auticode Secret’s illustrator, Chiaki Kamikawa, is a Japanese contemporary artist and curator based in Cyprus. 紙川千亜妃はキプロス在住の現代美術家、キュレーター。現実と幻想の境目を自由に行き来し、歴史的な要素や民話を取り入れながらもどこかユーモアを感じさせる作品を発表している。キュレーションも数多くこなし、自ら運営するスタジオ・ギャラリースペースで数多くの展覧会を開催したほか、国際的なアートプロジェクトの企画・運営も行う。 @moojagbook www.moojag.com www.spondyluxpress.com