From Oct 2024: J.D. Barker on How Autism Shapes Creativity, Imagination & Storytelling

Podcast: From the Spectrum: Finding Superpowers with Autism · Ryan Sumner

Opublikowano: 2026-10-23

Originally released in October 2024, this conversation is being re-released as part of a selection of guest interviews from the podcast archive. For today’s episode, New York Times and international bestselling author J.D. Barker joins me to discuss autism, creativity, imagination, and the way he experiences the world. Barker is the author of The Fourth Monkey and Forsaken, has collaborated with James Patterson, and was approached by Bram Stoker’s family to coauthor Dracul using previously unpublished material from Stoker. Barker shares how autism influences the way he recognizes patterns, constructs stories, visualizes characters, mana...