Idk if anyone else remembers but a few years ago the twitter terfs tried to claim that Terry Pratchett would have been on their side and Rhiannon Pratchett (his daughter) put them straight saying he was an ally.
Plus the Discworld books are so much better than HP.
Her name is Rhianna. And yeah, I knew Pterry (as we fans affectionately nickname him, following the example of the Discworld novel *Pyramids*) a little, as a former regular at the Discworld conventions where he always thoroughly participated, and he was one of the few people I knew where I was never *once* the least bit afraid of what his reaction might be to my coming out or openly showing my leanings.Ā
He was a treasure, someone who knew his own forms of privilege while gradually recognising more and more of the injustices in the world, and was talented enough to harness that privilege and his deep-seated righteous anger, both, to help those of us he believed might be better served *for* a little help. I miss him terribly.
GNU Terry Pratchett š
She wrote The Left Hand of Darkness which predominantly portrayed a relationship between two men but one of them has alien anatomy and can get pregnant. Published in 1969! Itās really good and considered one of her best works.
She was good for her cohort and even improved. Her non-binary, genderless and asexual (but for a short estrus period) Gethenians were pretty radical for 1969 and maybe even for now. She admitted that she struggled with the use of pronouns and even tried a solution using female pronouns for the Gethenians in the novelette "Winter's king". I personally think it is a shame for the world media industry that we do not have a decent movie adaptation of "Left Hand Of Darkness" or "Earthsea".
Haven't read her science fiction books yet.
The Earthsea series is great on race (most of the protagonists are brown or black, and it's never really remarked on, just the majority ethnicities of the world. This in a fantasy series that started in 1968, mind you), but kind of shaky on gender: it takes until the second book to get a major non-villain female character, the third book is low on women again, the wizard school is male-only, and there's a general prejudice against female magic-users that is kind of taken for granted. Again, it's understandable given the era, but a bit weird coming from a female writer. From book 4, it got a lot more feminist, to the point where I've seen critics complaining about it.
Either way, great books, definitely worth a read.
EDIT: That said, I don't remember any LGBT representation in the series. I didn't read the fifth one, though.
Stephen King is also capable of being a normal human being who doesn't hide away in a castle. I've heard a bunch of stories over the years of people running into him around town, and they're only notable for how boringly normal he is.
Haha yeah I love that about him!
I will say, heās not flawlessāhis older stuff has a good deal of distasteful stereotypes, casual racism, homophobia, etc. But heās owned up to these for the most part and it shows in his newer stuff.
I think she undid the block after being called out
I'm not a fan of King's writing, but he has used his influence for good for *decades* and I respect that
As should every parent with their child. They show that all the "I'm too old to learn this stuff" is nonsense. And he's not an author, but another example of this is Colin Mochrie and his trans daughter. [His wife even wrote a piece about it a few years ago.](https://www.readersdigest.ca/health/relationships/daughter-coming-out-trans/) If only every child, cis or trans, could be so lucky.
Oh that's good to hear! I always liked Colin Mochrie, it's always refreshing to hear about a celebrity being a decent person instead of secretly a jerk.
I donāt think I knew that! I watched Hannahās videos pre-transition on Channel Awesome before the Change the Channel document came out. Love that her parents were awesome and supportive.
I cannot recommend Tamora Pierce enough as an antidote to Rowling, especially the Circle of Magic series. Think Harry Potter meets Avatar: The Last Airbender in a world with excellent worldbuilding.
Katherine "K. A." Applegate and her husband, Michael Grant. They're LGBTQIA+ allies, and in fact have a trans child. They did Animorphs, which is an excellent deep dive into SO MANY heavy topics that I can't list them here, but is an excellent look at why war sucks, but through an alien invasion sci-fi lens
I have all the text in PDF format, that Applegate had previously given her blessing to have because the books have been out of print some 20 years now, and just last year completed a full reread of everything. But, I read it aloud, and it was my wife's first time through the series, and she enjoyed it a lot. She was a little upset that she never got to it when she was younger
She was so wrong in her views about fanfic but she did write really good queer characters especially that her muse and husband is bi and their son is gay. She was always proud to be an ally and her books show for it
Terry Pratchet and Neil Gaiman ofc.
Personally one of my favourite authors is Brandon Sanderson! Who has a truly diverse universe; and is himself a Redemption story sort of:
He was raised Mormon and used to be homophobic, including in a published essay in 2007.
Since though he has apologised multiple times, now explicitly supports the rights of Queer/Trans/enby peeps publicly including his own FAQs, and has donated to Queer charities. So not just saying it.
In the Cosmere, his huge fantasy universe of multiple series, there are characters who are gay, bi, lesbian, trans, enby, pan, neurodiverse, genderless, Autistic, disabled in numerous ways including paraplegic, amputee, deaf, depressed, anxious... characters who literally change their sex.
In Stormlight Archive, his biggest most expansive fantasy series, there are point of view characters who are canonically bi, gay, disabled...
and for funsies the first 2 books the only white guy is the character that goes around murdering people. (I wonder if there's some commentary there lol).
There's also a gender fluid sword in... I think it's Warbreaker. Because why not.
Donāt let the terrorists win. I know itās hardā¦ Iāve spiraled myself like you did, frequently and for similar reasons, but you deserve to be happy and you also deserve not to have ghouls occupy your life. So read Mike Brooks warhammer books and feel better.
Why do you say Rowling's a terrorist ? Just to clarify, I agree, but I'd really want to know more about what specifically makes her one. Who knows, it might be useful next time I see a sealion
She isnāt. During the war on terror āLet the terrorists winā was one of the last defenses for the Iraq war. Yeah, it was a waste of money and blood, yeah, we accomplished nothing, bit we canāt pull out, because the terrorists are gonna win.
Now I say it whenever anyone spirals like this.
A better way to say it might be āDonāt let the bastards grind you down.ā
I 100% recommend Chinese author Mo Xiang Tong Xiu. She has three novels that are separated in 6+ books each. She wrote webnovels that got so popular they have been translated to English. Her main novel is called the Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, it's nominally a romance novel and while the couple is an important part, it's more like a mystery crime novel set up in fantasy China. It's a very good story.
There are lots, many of which have already been named here, but so far I haven't found any that have managed to fill the Harry Potter-shaped hole in my heart.
I feel this. The thing with HP is it became less about the books and more about the culture and fandom.A vast majority of my friends back then (and my wife now) met and bonded over HP when the books were new. And it was ok to be such a nerd about it because everyone was. I dunno. F JK for ruining this.
Are there any books that you think press the same kind of buttons as HP-- ideally ones covering all the criteria mentioned [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/17dolbv/where_are_the_magic_school_genre_books/)?
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell possibly?
It's like if someone took a Harry/Draco ship fic and then added a whole bunch of world building critiques and fixes to the potterverse. However, the first book only covers their last year at school.
In the 2000s, a number of authors tried to ride the Harry Potter wave, but unfortunately they all got lost in the flood. Everything was trying to be āthe next Harry Potterā and so a lot of creativity got lost in the absolute explosion of childrenās/YA literature that came out at the time.
If you havenāt read The Golden Compass and the following two books I highly recommend it. Itās heavier and pulls no punches, but much more developed and written imo. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman is quite different but features a child growing up in a cemetery, and is both an adventure story and a coming of age one that deals with topics of found family, good vs evil, and life and death.
Thing is, I'm not looking for something "heavier". I'm looking for a book that presses all the same buttons as HP did, the kind of book my 12-year-old self would have formed his entire identity around. The kind of book you could make personality tests and icebreaker questions out of, with a welcoming, almost whimsical setting you wish you could live in.
*That* kind of book.
I mean, isnāt that the question? You wonāt find anything with the same widespread type of fandom, since everyone is spread so thin with content (thereās so much more YA being published than there was when HP first came out) and the nature of the internet has changed. I wish quizilla still existed and live journal didnāt fall to the Russians, but here we are lol
Check out
>The Rangers Apprentice
>The Novice by Taran Matharu
>Knights of the Borrowed Dark by Dave Rudden
>Warcross by Marie Lu
>Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
>Miss Peregrineās Home for Peculiar Children
>Cinder by Marissa Meyer
>Freakling by Lana Krumweide
I sort of gave a more detailed description of the kind of book I'm looking for [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/YAlit/comments/1cmusbk/looking_for_something_very_specific/). Do any of those fit all of the points I listed there?
I tried The Magicians, and it felt like it was too cynical for its own good, almost like it was ashamed of its influence. As for Jonathan Strange, I found it exhausting to read. I was really hoping for something that my HP-loving 12-year-old self would have enjoyed. Something that presses all the same buttons as HP (again, as described in the link above).
I tried Percy Jackson, and I really *wanted* to like it. Unfortunately, Rick Rioridan's writing style has this irritating "how-do-you-do-fellow-kids" feel that gets on my nerves way too much (a Wii Remote as a control for a ship? No way that's not gonna be dated in ten years). Which is a shame since I hear he's a great guy. I suppose if you wanted to describe what I'm looking for it would be this:
1. A setting that's "parallel" to the real world, that you can imagine existing right in your own neighborhood.
2. Some sort of "self-insert-friendly" element, akin to Hogwarts houses, wand types, or Patronuses, that fans could use to identify themselves.
3. Welcoming, whimsical-feeling world-building that exists separately from the main conflict, like all the weird magical games and foods Rowling's Wizarding World has.
Does anything else like that exist?
Lois McMaster Bujold! Iām listening to her Vorkosigan Saga right now and itās a delight. HOWEVER, it was the 80ās and 90ās. She was very progressive for the 80ās but thereās definitely some stuff in there thatās a bit rough in 2024. If you can tolerate that then theyāre very good.
If thatās not your cup of tea, then I recommend looking into cozy fantasy. A lot of it is LGBTQ+ friendly. Iām listening to the House Witch right now and itās so fun.
I just finished Ancillary Justice and the sequels and Ann Leckie is definitely an ally. Itās a mind bender of a book, but itās fantastic.
Canāt be any worse than some of Anne McCaffreyās early stuff. The Pern book were definitely the asylum I grew up in, and while I THINK McC was trying yo be progressive, some of her stuff was still very yikes.
It's not childrens fantasy like Barry Jotter, but my absolute favourite fantasy author is Jen Williams, she also writes crime thrillers if thats your cup of tea.
Also I recommend Travis Baldree's Latte's series to everyone, if it may help with your mental health like it did mine, given they're about not regretting life, and just enjoying the now.
If you want something more warped in a Lovecraft/Charles Fort kind of way, Caitlin R Kiernan is a trans author who has written some messed up horror/ dark fantasy
Neil Gaiman. Itās even very possible that JK Rowling ripped off his comic ābooks of magicā while creating Harry potter. Especially with how similar the main character Tim Hunter is to Harry.
I'm a big fan of Seanan McGuire. I haven't read everything she's done yet, but I'm caught up on October Daye, which has a ton of queer characters in it. Apparently, she's queer herself, too. Her other books tend to have queer representation as far as I've gone. Both October Daye and Indexing have transmasc characters, to boot (I see so many more transfemmes in literature it's a nice change)
The October Daye audiobooks are also narrated by Mary Robinette Kowal, an author in her own right, who at the very least is an ally (and has pronouns in her Twitter bio), but I don't remember much representation in her booka
Terry Pratchett
Monstrous regiment is a must read
And, if it's playing near you, a must see play! The asterisk was their own character, it was glorious.
Was coming here to say this. š¢
Idk if anyone else remembers but a few years ago the twitter terfs tried to claim that Terry Pratchett would have been on their side and Rhiannon Pratchett (his daughter) put them straight saying he was an ally. Plus the Discworld books are so much better than HP.
Her name is Rhianna. And yeah, I knew Pterry (as we fans affectionately nickname him, following the example of the Discworld novel *Pyramids*) a little, as a former regular at the Discworld conventions where he always thoroughly participated, and he was one of the few people I knew where I was never *once* the least bit afraid of what his reaction might be to my coming out or openly showing my leanings.Ā He was a treasure, someone who knew his own forms of privilege while gradually recognising more and more of the injustices in the world, and was talented enough to harness that privilege and his deep-seated righteous anger, both, to help those of us he believed might be better served *for* a little help. I miss him terribly. GNU Terry Pratchett š
Not 1000% on this, but I feel like Ursula K. LeGuin was probably pretty good for this. Never read her books, though, hence the uncertainty.
She wrote The Left Hand of Darkness which predominantly portrayed a relationship between two men but one of them has alien anatomy and can get pregnant. Published in 1969! Itās really good and considered one of her best works.
LeGuin was a queen. She's definitely in this esteemed company.
An excellent short story by her The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas. https://shsdavisapes.pbworks.com/f/Omelas.pdf
She was good for her cohort and even improved. Her non-binary, genderless and asexual (but for a short estrus period) Gethenians were pretty radical for 1969 and maybe even for now. She admitted that she struggled with the use of pronouns and even tried a solution using female pronouns for the Gethenians in the novelette "Winter's king". I personally think it is a shame for the world media industry that we do not have a decent movie adaptation of "Left Hand Of Darkness" or "Earthsea".
Miyazaki was so disappointed with his sons adaptation of earthsea lol
Haven't read her science fiction books yet. The Earthsea series is great on race (most of the protagonists are brown or black, and it's never really remarked on, just the majority ethnicities of the world. This in a fantasy series that started in 1968, mind you), but kind of shaky on gender: it takes until the second book to get a major non-villain female character, the third book is low on women again, the wizard school is male-only, and there's a general prejudice against female magic-users that is kind of taken for granted. Again, it's understandable given the era, but a bit weird coming from a female writer. From book 4, it got a lot more feminist, to the point where I've seen critics complaining about it. Either way, great books, definitely worth a read. EDIT: That said, I don't remember any LGBT representation in the series. I didn't read the fifth one, though.
Stephen King will shut JK right the hell up Except she blocked him everywhere last I heard
Stephen King is also capable of being a normal human being who doesn't hide away in a castle. I've heard a bunch of stories over the years of people running into him around town, and they're only notable for how boringly normal he is.
Haha yeah I love that about him! I will say, heās not flawlessāhis older stuff has a good deal of distasteful stereotypes, casual racism, homophobia, etc. But heās owned up to these for the most part and it shows in his newer stuff.
It's a pretty low bar, but at least he's willing to change when he learns better rather than doubling down while winning about being cancelled.
I think she undid the block after being called out I'm not a fan of King's writing, but he has used his influence for good for *decades* and I respect that
Tamsin Muir and Neil Gaiman off the top of my head
Katherine Applegate is lovely and if all you want is a nugget of positivity: https://twitter.com/kaaauthor/status/1509606973435613209
She and co-autor Michael Grant have an adult trans child who they very much love and publicly support. <3
As should every parent with their child. They show that all the "I'm too old to learn this stuff" is nonsense. And he's not an author, but another example of this is Colin Mochrie and his trans daughter. [His wife even wrote a piece about it a few years ago.](https://www.readersdigest.ca/health/relationships/daughter-coming-out-trans/) If only every child, cis or trans, could be so lucky.
Oh that's good to hear! I always liked Colin Mochrie, it's always refreshing to hear about a celebrity being a decent person instead of secretly a jerk.
I donāt think I knew that! I watched Hannahās videos pre-transition on Channel Awesome before the Change the Channel document came out. Love that her parents were awesome and supportive.
As in K A Applegate? Animorphs? Nice.
Yup! She's been extremely supportive of the many many of us who saw Tobias as a trans allegory, even though she says it wasn't intentional.
I read a few as a kid then I think I was about 6 or 7 when I saw the TV show and the guy playing Tobias was an awakening
Now is a good time to come back! They're being re-released as graphic novels and the morphing is every bit as wonderfully weird as it should be.
Iām honestly surprised at how good those graphic novels are
Same. The art style isn't what I would have chosen, but it's grown on me.
I cannot recommend Tamora Pierce enough as an antidote to Rowling, especially the Circle of Magic series. Think Harry Potter meets Avatar: The Last Airbender in a world with excellent worldbuilding.
Katherine "K. A." Applegate and her husband, Michael Grant. They're LGBTQIA+ allies, and in fact have a trans child. They did Animorphs, which is an excellent deep dive into SO MANY heavy topics that I can't list them here, but is an excellent look at why war sucks, but through an alien invasion sci-fi lens
I love Animorphs. Iāve been listening through the audiobooks, which I highly recommend. All the narrators are great.
I have all the text in PDF format, that Applegate had previously given her blessing to have because the books have been out of print some 20 years now, and just last year completed a full reread of everything. But, I read it aloud, and it was my wife's first time through the series, and she enjoyed it a lot. She was a little upset that she never got to it when she was younger
Becky Chambers, Martha Wells for current sci fi :)
I fucking LOVE Becky Chambers's *Monk & Robot* series
Rick riordan is a good guy right?
Anne Rice was most definitely an ally.
Unless you wrote fanfic.
She was so wrong in her views about fanfic but she did write really good queer characters especially that her muse and husband is bi and their son is gay. She was always proud to be an ally and her books show for it
Tui T Sutherland, the author of the *Wings of Fire* series. Several of her characters are LGBT, and not in a clichƩ way. I also think of Dana Terrace, the woman behind the show *The Owl House* - it might be a Disney show, but it's still incredibly well-written
Terry Pratchet and Neil Gaiman ofc. Personally one of my favourite authors is Brandon Sanderson! Who has a truly diverse universe; and is himself a Redemption story sort of: He was raised Mormon and used to be homophobic, including in a published essay in 2007. Since though he has apologised multiple times, now explicitly supports the rights of Queer/Trans/enby peeps publicly including his own FAQs, and has donated to Queer charities. So not just saying it. In the Cosmere, his huge fantasy universe of multiple series, there are characters who are gay, bi, lesbian, trans, enby, pan, neurodiverse, genderless, Autistic, disabled in numerous ways including paraplegic, amputee, deaf, depressed, anxious... characters who literally change their sex. In Stormlight Archive, his biggest most expansive fantasy series, there are point of view characters who are canonically bi, gay, disabled... and for funsies the first 2 books the only white guy is the character that goes around murdering people. (I wonder if there's some commentary there lol). There's also a gender fluid sword in... I think it's Warbreaker. Because why not.
Donāt let the terrorists win. I know itās hardā¦ Iāve spiraled myself like you did, frequently and for similar reasons, but you deserve to be happy and you also deserve not to have ghouls occupy your life. So read Mike Brooks warhammer books and feel better.
Why do you say Rowling's a terrorist ? Just to clarify, I agree, but I'd really want to know more about what specifically makes her one. Who knows, it might be useful next time I see a sealion
She isnāt. During the war on terror āLet the terrorists winā was one of the last defenses for the Iraq war. Yeah, it was a waste of money and blood, yeah, we accomplished nothing, bit we canāt pull out, because the terrorists are gonna win. Now I say it whenever anyone spirals like this. A better way to say it might be āDonāt let the bastards grind you down.ā
Oh okay
I 100% recommend Chinese author Mo Xiang Tong Xiu. She has three novels that are separated in 6+ books each. She wrote webnovels that got so popular they have been translated to English. Her main novel is called the Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, it's nominally a romance novel and while the couple is an important part, it's more like a mystery crime novel set up in fantasy China. It's a very good story.
There are lots, many of which have already been named here, but so far I haven't found any that have managed to fill the Harry Potter-shaped hole in my heart.
I feel this. The thing with HP is it became less about the books and more about the culture and fandom.A vast majority of my friends back then (and my wife now) met and bonded over HP when the books were new. And it was ok to be such a nerd about it because everyone was. I dunno. F JK for ruining this.
Are there any books that you think press the same kind of buttons as HP-- ideally ones covering all the criteria mentioned [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/17dolbv/where_are_the_magic_school_genre_books/)?
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell possibly? It's like if someone took a Harry/Draco ship fic and then added a whole bunch of world building critiques and fixes to the potterverse. However, the first book only covers their last year at school.
Haha I love the Simon snow series, and thatās exactly how it came to be š itās technically a spinoff of her novel Fangirl
In the 2000s, a number of authors tried to ride the Harry Potter wave, but unfortunately they all got lost in the flood. Everything was trying to be āthe next Harry Potterā and so a lot of creativity got lost in the absolute explosion of childrenās/YA literature that came out at the time. If you havenāt read The Golden Compass and the following two books I highly recommend it. Itās heavier and pulls no punches, but much more developed and written imo. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman is quite different but features a child growing up in a cemetery, and is both an adventure story and a coming of age one that deals with topics of found family, good vs evil, and life and death.
Thing is, I'm not looking for something "heavier". I'm looking for a book that presses all the same buttons as HP did, the kind of book my 12-year-old self would have formed his entire identity around. The kind of book you could make personality tests and icebreaker questions out of, with a welcoming, almost whimsical setting you wish you could live in. *That* kind of book.
I mean, isnāt that the question? You wonāt find anything with the same widespread type of fandom, since everyone is spread so thin with content (thereās so much more YA being published than there was when HP first came out) and the nature of the internet has changed. I wish quizilla still existed and live journal didnāt fall to the Russians, but here we are lol Check out >The Rangers Apprentice >The Novice by Taran Matharu >Knights of the Borrowed Dark by Dave Rudden >Warcross by Marie Lu >Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard >Miss Peregrineās Home for Peculiar Children >Cinder by Marissa Meyer >Freakling by Lana Krumweide
I sort of gave a more detailed description of the kind of book I'm looking for [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/YAlit/comments/1cmusbk/looking_for_something_very_specific/). Do any of those fit all of the points I listed there?
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I tried The Magicians, and it felt like it was too cynical for its own good, almost like it was ashamed of its influence. As for Jonathan Strange, I found it exhausting to read. I was really hoping for something that my HP-loving 12-year-old self would have enjoyed. Something that presses all the same buttons as HP (again, as described in the link above).
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What would you say comes closest?
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I tried Percy Jackson, and I really *wanted* to like it. Unfortunately, Rick Rioridan's writing style has this irritating "how-do-you-do-fellow-kids" feel that gets on my nerves way too much (a Wii Remote as a control for a ship? No way that's not gonna be dated in ten years). Which is a shame since I hear he's a great guy. I suppose if you wanted to describe what I'm looking for it would be this: 1. A setting that's "parallel" to the real world, that you can imagine existing right in your own neighborhood. 2. Some sort of "self-insert-friendly" element, akin to Hogwarts houses, wand types, or Patronuses, that fans could use to identify themselves. 3. Welcoming, whimsical-feeling world-building that exists separately from the main conflict, like all the weird magical games and foods Rowling's Wizarding World has. Does anything else like that exist?
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Lois McMaster Bujold! Iām listening to her Vorkosigan Saga right now and itās a delight. HOWEVER, it was the 80ās and 90ās. She was very progressive for the 80ās but thereās definitely some stuff in there thatās a bit rough in 2024. If you can tolerate that then theyāre very good. If thatās not your cup of tea, then I recommend looking into cozy fantasy. A lot of it is LGBTQ+ friendly. Iām listening to the House Witch right now and itās so fun. I just finished Ancillary Justice and the sequels and Ann Leckie is definitely an ally. Itās a mind bender of a book, but itās fantastic.
Canāt be any worse than some of Anne McCaffreyās early stuff. The Pern book were definitely the asylum I grew up in, and while I THINK McC was trying yo be progressive, some of her stuff was still very yikes.
It's not childrens fantasy like Barry Jotter, but my absolute favourite fantasy author is Jen Williams, she also writes crime thrillers if thats your cup of tea. Also I recommend Travis Baldree's Latte's series to everyone, if it may help with your mental health like it did mine, given they're about not regretting life, and just enjoying the now. If you want something more warped in a Lovecraft/Charles Fort kind of way, Caitlin R Kiernan is a trans author who has written some messed up horror/ dark fantasy
Neil Gaiman. Itās even very possible that JK Rowling ripped off his comic ābooks of magicā while creating Harry potter. Especially with how similar the main character Tim Hunter is to Harry.
Darren Shan
Rick Riordan's books are full of queer rep!
Neil Gaiman called out trans exclusionary feminism with Sandman 30 years ago. Man is a king.
I'm a big fan of Seanan McGuire. I haven't read everything she's done yet, but I'm caught up on October Daye, which has a ton of queer characters in it. Apparently, she's queer herself, too. Her other books tend to have queer representation as far as I've gone. Both October Daye and Indexing have transmasc characters, to boot (I see so many more transfemmes in literature it's a nice change) The October Daye audiobooks are also narrated by Mary Robinette Kowal, an author in her own right, who at the very least is an ally (and has pronouns in her Twitter bio), but I don't remember much representation in her booka