Sean James Fitzpatrick is a neurodivergent writer from Southern Virginia. Diagnosed with ASD at a young age, Sean dropped out of high school and completed his GED at his local adult education center. He now studies creative writing at Old Dominion University where he won the 2019 Dickseski Fiction Prize and received the Perry Morgan Fellowship, and where he is currently at work on a novel about fighting games. "Friend Code" is his debut short story.
