WPS 2026 Day 4: Cait Gordon

 

Wonderland Pride Spotlight Day 4: Cait Gordon

Welcome to day 4 of the 2026 Wonderland Pride Spotlight! This is my way to help champion LGBTQ+ books and authors this Pride month! Today I am interviewing Cait Gordon. Be sure to check out my Instagram for even more excitement with this event!

Cait Gordon's LGBTQ+ Release

• Season One: Iris and the Crew Tear Through Space!

The Interview

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

"Abrosexual (fluid, pan attracted, ace spectrum)"

2. What rep do your books have?

"Disabled, deaf, blind, neurodivergent, selectively speaking or non-vocally speaking, ace/aro, bi, gay, and trans."

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

"Even though I love space opera, I would also love to do more queer retellings of fairy tales! In Speculative Shorts: Stories that fell out of my brain, I wrote my own 'little mermaid' story, 'Ranger of the Sea,' starring a non-speaking mermaid-siren, who in my head is ace/aro. Her passion is protecting the creatures of the sea and not having a romance with a prince!"

4. What is your biggest writing inspiration?

"My biggest inspiration is seeking a world where disability is considered first and not as an afterthought. That’s why I wrote Season One: Iris and the Crew Tear Through Space! during the pandemic. After listening to all the eugenic-based messages that said only someone like me will get sick or die, I needed to go to a place where no matter what your body-mind is like, accessibility and accommodations are the norm!"

5. Anything exciting for you on the horizon?

"I am so thrilled to be releasing Hot Wings and Sauciness this late summer. It’s got the meet-awkward of the 25th century and stars a disabled and autistic FMC in her fifties who’s a bit sweary! I have zero clue how I came up with her. *cough*"

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

"I admire my BFF and co-editor of the Nothing Without Us (Too) anthologies, Talia C. Johnson. She’s fearless in her activism and always cares about boosting trans and autistic voices."

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!