The Selfies questions for 2023 non fiction winner Sarah Ziegel

I had an agent for my book pre pandemic but while editors really enjoyed it, it seemed they struggled to get their sales teams to take on what they perceived as an 'autism book'. Post-pandemic, I decided to update the book, adding four more years and rewriting it. I realised that I wanted ownership of my own writing and didn't want any major changes to the way I had written it. Being able to choose my own title and cover design was also important to me, as with my first book I had no say in those.