"This is a terrible translation. Ruined the book. I speak only mediocre Spanish, and could tell immediately that the light behind the prose was completely dead. Unfortunate. "

"Dear Reader,

When I set out to write this book, I had no intention of writing a character who was on the autism spectrum. But very early on in the book I received my autism diagnosis. In writing the character of Pippa, I gave her many of my specific traits, but I also added ones that I know to be true of others on the spectrum. We all exist on a very large and diverse spectrum, my experience is very different to other's experiences of having autism. I can only write from my perspective, so my experience may not necessarily represent yours, but everyones experience is just as true and valid.

I am very new to my diagnosis and new to my autism journey and writing this book definitely helped me work through many questions I had, and I learned a lot about myself. Although my character is on the spectrum, this is really just a good old fashioned love story at the end of the day, which I hope everyone can relate to.

I sincerely hope you enjoy Pippa and Andrew as much as I enjoyed writing them. (They're cute!)

JOX"