Chris Bonnello is an autistic author, speaker and former teacher based in the British East Midlands. Since 2015 he has been an autism advocate through his website, Autistic Not Weird, winning multiple awards for his work and delivering speeches as far away as India and the Sydney Opera House. In his spare time, he is a Rubik’s cube geek and a chess nerd. The Underdogs series, which began in 2019, was his first published venture as a novelist.
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Chris Bonnello is a writer and speaker, formerly a primary school teacher, based in Nottingham. Having been diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome as an adult, he launched Autistic Not Weird (https://autisticnotweird.com) in 2015 to share his personal and professional insights whilst campaigning for greater understanding of autism. Since then he has won multiple awards for his work, published a non-fiction book, and spoken as far away as Sydney Opera House. To this day Bonnello maintains a link to teaching, working as a tutor for autistic students with special educational needs. Underdogs is his first novel, following his master's degree in Creative Writing.