Sally J. Pla, MA
Sally J. Pla is the ALA Schneider Family Award winning author of The Fire, The Water, and Maudie McGinn, the Dolly Gray Award-winning The Someday Birds, Stanley Will Probably Be Fine, Benji, The Bad Day, And Me, Ada and Zaz, and Invisible Isabel, all of which feature 'differently brained' kids like herself. She has appeared on television and radio as an autism advocate. Visit her on linktree or at sallyjpla.com.
Jennifer Slagus, PhD, MLIS
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Dr. Jennifer Slagus (they/them) is a neurodivergent academic librarian whose research applies critical neurodiversity studies frameworks to children's literature, librarianship, and education.
Jennifer is currently an Assistant Professor and Social Sciences Librarian at West Chester University of Pennsylvania.
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Amanda Harrison, PhD, MLS
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Dr. Amanda Harrison has worked for 15 years in Pre K-12 education and fourteen
as a school librarian in Illinois, Missouri,
and Kansas.
She is currently an Assistant Professor in the University of Central Missouri's Library Science program.
Josh Palange, MLIS​
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Josh Palange (he/any) is a neurodivergent public librarian and creative writer of middle grades fiction and graphic novels, though sometimes he does other things.
He is currently a Teen Librarian in Delco, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.
Some Special Thanks
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Kate Piliero created our website design. Thanks Kate!
Jen Drummond Brauer created our "Mr. Brainy" logo. Thanks Jen!
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Margaret Lennon was our wonderful intern for several years. Thanks, Margaret!
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Adriana White created our Resource Pages. She is an autistic school librarian and a former special education teacher. She holds a Master’s degree in Education as well as an MLIS. For more of Adriana's writing on autism, neurodiversity, and education, click here.
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Students, studying Library Science, Education and more, have made invaluable contributions to A Novel Mind over the years. Thank you all!​​