WPS 2026 Day 22: Autumn Moore

 

Wonderland Pride Spotlight Day 22: Autumn Moore

Welcome to day 22 of the 2026 Wonderland Pride Spotlight! This is my way to help champion LGBTQ+ books and authors this Pride month! Today I am interviewing Autumn Moore. Be sure to check out my Instagram for even more excitement with this event!

Autumn Moore's LGBTQ+ Release

• Rusthound

The Interview

1. Are you LGBTQ+? If so, how?

"Pansexual and transmasc nonbinary"

2. What rep do your books have?

"Neurodivergent and LGBTQ+"

3. If you were to write in a different genre, what would it be?

"Probably m/m romance (hfn)"

4. What is your biggest writing inspiration?

"Well, my inspiration for my writing is derived from my life experiences and the compulsive need to find a safe place to explore my trauma, my opinions on society as a whole, and the darker side of corporate history. I’m afab, late-realizing NB individual with late diagnosis audhd who has worked in blue collar industries since I was fourteen. I grew up with parents who suffered from substance issues, abusive behavior, and overall neglect which drove me to learn. Not in the academic sense, because by the time I was old enough to work, I was expected to start pitching into the household. Regular jobs for my assigned gender and age group weren’t going to pay, so I took up farm work. Then, by sixteen, I had dropped out and was working in a garage as a lube tech. I worked alongside men who were paid more to do the same work, with no explanation as to why I didn’t deserve more. I suffer from EDS and have spinal compression from a car accident, which left me unable to work in a shop despite being a licensed mechanic. I wanted to get into towing, as I have the mechanical knowledge and driving experience of straight trucks and was told that I couldn’t because I’m a woman. I found a company that would hire me, loved the work, and decided that one day I will own my own. There’s no school that teaches one how to run this type of business, so I worked at companies of all scales in my area until I finally had a plan and I executed. This industry, out of all of them that I have worked in, between farming, wrenching, general contracting, heavy equipment operation on barges, is by far one of the most sexist and misogynist occupations by far. The constant being told “you can’t” pushed me to say “watch.” I started with one truck, and now at 29, I have one of the bigger fleets where I live. Then, once the businesses started to settle into themselves I decided I wanted to write. Through this, I’ve learned so much about myself and others. My writing has become a container for everything that I tried to repress."

5. Anything exciting for you on the horizon?

"Not really, I’m currently working on two more books, but I’m in no rush. The first one I plan to finish is the sister book, Cinderkeg, which runs parallel to Rusthound and shows the chain of events from a different point of view. The second would be the continuation of Rusthound, focusing on the MMCs."

6. Who is a queer figure you look up to?

"As for a queer figure I look up to, I am not sure if this means historically or currently, but either way my choice would be Joe Carstairs."

Outro

I adore this excuse to conduct little author interviews! Happy Pride everyone! Stay tuned tomorrow for another amazing indie author and their LGBTQ+ releases!