My name is Barbara Graver. I was diagnosed with autism in 2022 and ADHD in 2025 after a lifetime of masking, misdiagnosis and burnout. I am publishing my completed slow burn vampire story and my WIP second chance romance on Substack and Wattpad.
I live in North Appalachia with my three adult sons and a lovable but wild little border collie named Luna. I enjoy reading, writing and hiking. My special interests include ancient mysterious, mythology. tarot, the paranormal, and spirituality.
My Writing and Media
I grew up on Dark Shadows, Gothic fiction, and my mother’s paperbacks. I wrote my first short story in grade school and have been writing ever since. In many ways this was a good thing.
Writing was my preferred method of communication. It helped me understand and process things. It was a refuge. But I never felt that any of my work was good enough to publish.
Manuscripts and short stories piled up on my computer but they all seemed wrong. Workshops and critiques groups and how-to-write books didn’t help me.
I was about to give up on ever publishing anything when a diagnosis of autism and ADHD, helped me see my writing and my life in a very different way.
I’m currently publishing my completed slow burn vampire romance and my second chance romance on Substack and Wattpad. All of my fiction includes at least one neurodivergent MC.
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