In my debut novel, The Horror at Pleasant Brook, I tried to feature a diverse cast. There wasn’t a big agenda or anything. For whatever reason, as I wrote, I decided I wanted to try and write characters different from anything I’d tried before. A lesbian town sheriff, a fifteen year old boy coming to grips with being gay, and a nonbinary town librarian.
Keep reading with a 7-day free trial
Subscribe to Kevin Lucia to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.