Description
Profits from this book go towards supporting neurodivergent creatives. The groundbreaking audiobook was produced by a neurodiverse team and a full autistic/adhd/dyslexic/downsyndrome cast.
About the Author
N.E. McMorran is a multi award-winning British-Cypriot AuDHD author who previously worked at the BBC and as a teacher in London nursery, primary and secondary schools.
Nema founded the Cyprus magazine publishing company AccessArts Publications Ltd, and London based 'Spondylux Press', run by female/non-binary AuDHD professionals to support neurodivergent creatives.
Her debut children's series MOOJAG, which won the Nautilus Book Award in 2024 and 2021, Firebird Award 2023, and Purple Dragonfly award 2024, was inspired by her experiences growing up in a neurodivergent family, as well as a mother, carer, and home educator, on her journey to late autism diagnosis.
In 2021 she worked with autistic poet Peter Street on his childhood biography GOALKEEPER: Memoir of Poet Peter Street (Games, Secrets, Epilepsy & Love), which was shortlisted for the Rubery Book Award 2023.
Reviews
'Lively, imaginative...emotionally very astute.' PATIENCE AGBABI - Author - The Infinite
'Quite simply magical. This book will change lives.' LIZ WRIGHT - ABC NEWS / Paralympic medalist
'Fun and quirky with a great cast of very different characters.' THE WEEK JUNIOR
'A weird and wonderful adventure with pleasingly diverse range of autistic characters.' YOUR AUTISM MAGAZINE - National Autistic Society
'A spunky and exuberant celebration of neurodivergent creativity and community, delivering cautionary messages that could not be more timely.' STEVE SILBERMAN, Author - NeuroTribes
'Fantastic! The audiobook is wonderfully played out.' LYRIC HOLMANS - NeurodivergentRebel
'Moojag is a fun science fiction tale that has a serious message about people who are different. It will really make you think.' TEMPLE GRANDIN - Author - Animals in Translation
'This very important, thought-provoking, futuristic own-voice novel deals with many issues that don't get dealt with in fiction enough.' THE ARTSY READER
'What Alice in Wonderland might have looked like if Carroll did some soul-searching and knew about autism in 1865.' James Sinclair - AUTISTIC AND UNAPOLOGETIC
'This refreshing narrative perfectly frames the message that neurodiversity should not just be accommodated - it should be celebrated.' Beatrix Livesey-Stephens - ARTIFICIAL WOMB ZINE
Awards
Winner of DRAGONFLY AWARD 2024 and NAUTILUS BOOK AWARD 2021 and NAUTILUS BOOK AWARD 2023.
Book Information
ISBN 9781838097806
Author N.E. McMorran
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint Spondylux Press
Publisher Spondylux Press
Series MOOJAG
Weight(grams) 260g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 20mm
