Activist and debut novelist Florence Given says she doesn’t think young authors have to self-censor when creating fiction, despite the fears of literary grandees such as Anthony Horowitz.
Alex Rider creator Horowitz said this week that “writers are running scared” of creating characters who are a different gender or race than themselves for fear of criticism online, calling the trend “worrying and saddening”. Nobel prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro has raised similar concerns.
