There were no books for kids that reflected my LGBT blended family – so I wrote one
London life with nights out, weekend getaways and boozy brunches.Then, I fell in love with an incredible woman who I knew right away I wanted in my life.
We married after being together for five yearsand I gained not just a life partner but also an amazing pair of stepchildren,aged six and eight, who my wife shares custody of with her ex-partner.
My life changed completely: I resigned and moved to the countryside to care for my stepchildren. I became a part of something much bigger than myself – a blended family.It wasn’t until we entered a pandemic and my wife and I began homeschooling that I really started to notice a lack of representation in the books and content that our children were consuming.
This realisation left me shocked and a little horrified.Can you believe that Rumpelstiltskin is still being read in school? It’s a very old story – well past its time if ever there was one.
