Talking to an Author An Interview with Aditi Sowmyanarayan Aditi Sowmyanarayan was not quite 18 when she was awarded the J.K.Paper AutHer Award for Best Manuscript in 2023. The award by J.K.Paper was to partner with Publisher Readomania to bring out Aditi’s novella, Gobble Thy Prejudice . But Aditi was a published author even before this, having contributed to Talking Fingers , a book about non-speaking autistics. More recently, her collection of short stories was published by Booksomania in February 2023, titled Small Stories Big Thoughts , now in its third imprint. Besides, she is an avid blogger Small step big thoughts . In April 2023, Aditi made a video presentation for the United Nations World Autism Awareness Day. She is a member of the steering committee of the India Chapter of the Institute of Neurodiversity and also writes content for websites like Project Lattice and Avaz Megaphone that aim to enhance inclusion by posting relevant content on social media. 1. Aditi, when I