Barbara Graver | AuDHD Author

My name is Barbara Graver. I write paranormal romance, contemporary romance, romantasy and memoir. All of my writing features neurodivergent characters and themes. I was diagnosed with autism in 2022 and ADHD in 2025.

My Story

I grew up on Dark Shadows, Gothic fiction, and my mother’s paperbacks—and have been writing PNR, romantasy and contemporary romance ever since.

Manuscripts and short stories piled up over the years but never I felt my work was good enough to publish. Workshops and critiques groups and how-to-write books didn’t help. Finally a diagnosis of autism and ADHD, helped me see my writing and my life in a very different way.

I’m currently serializing my vampire romance, second chance romance and AuDHD memoir here on Substack. All of my fiction includes at least one neurodivergent MC.

Current Serials

🩸Trancing Miranda (PNR)

📖 Blurb | When fae energy reader Miranda O’Malley comes to after a brutal attack, she learns that blueblood vampire Nick Markovich has saved her life. Now Nick wants her to help track down the dangerous half-vamp who attacked her. Miranda’s life is already complicated: her old tormentor is on the loose, her vampire ex is pressuring her, and her PTSD—and everything that goes along with it—is spiking. After spending her life around vampires, Miranda knows what they are capable of. Nick seems different. But that doesn’t mean she can trust him. Or herself. Trancing Miranda is a mostly closed door paranormal romance with elements of magical realism and true-to-life characters and adiult themes.

Coming soon to Amazon!

⚠️ Trigger Warning Possible triggers include addiction, abuse, co-dependency, patriarchy, self-harm, coercion, violence and PTSD.

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🌹 Contemporary Romance

Second Chance Romance

📖 Madison Revisited | Autistic content creator Elizabeth Sinclair returns to her hometown of Madison, PA to flip the property she’s just inherited—even though it means facing Mason McKenna, the man who broke her heart seven years earlier. Mason knows he owes Elizabeth more than an apology, so using his construction company to help her renovate seems like the least he can do. But working side-by-side stirs up old feelings—and highlights old problems. Mason is still unavailable. Elizabeth still struggles with emotional regulation and hyper-fixation. And in a small town where gossip is rampant, being authentic feels almost impossible.

⚠️ Trigger Warning Possible triggers include infidelity / cheating, off-page abuse, and romantic obsession.

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🌈The Spirit Dream (Memoir)

📖The Spirit Dream | I was always different. Sensitive. Passionate. Clueless. So I put everything I had into being like everyone else. Then, at the lowest point in my life, a vivid and mysterious dream gave me a renewed sense of hope. I blogged my way through one spiritual tradition after the other, but the answers I was looking for remained out of reach. It wasn’t until I was diagnosed with autism and ADHD that I understood the guidance I’d been given and finally learned to honor the person I was meant to be. The Spirit Dream is a neurodivergent memoir about spiritual guidance, the high cost of masking, and the long road to becoming the person I was meant to be.

⚠️ Trigger Warning Possible triggers include substance abuse, co-dependency, self-harm, sexual assault (off page), infidelity and PTSD.

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