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Her new book, Might Cry Later, is out now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f33554dedd2ba24dd6aae53/4f3e2d2a-5ece-44b4-93e3-454bb0c9389b/out+now_Instagram+Portrait.png https://www.kaykerr.com/contact-me daily 0.75 2025-08-26 https://www.kaykerr.com/please-dont-hug-me daily 0.75 2026-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f33554dedd2ba24dd6aae53/1624491331107-OT2LL6RAY5HQC6UMQ91J/9781922268051-2.jpg Please Don't Hug Me ‘The most stressful interactions for me are ones like this, where the person’s face says one thing but their words say another. Which one am I supposed to believe? Faces seem to be more truthful, but people always act as though their words are the only things that matter.’ ERIN is looking forward to Schoolies, at least she thinks she is. But her plans are going awry. She’s lost her job at Surf Zone after an incident that clearly was not her fault, and now she’s not on track to have saved enough money. Her licence test went badly, which was also not her fault: she followed the instructor’s directions perfectly. And she’s missing her brother, Rudy, who left almost a year ago. But now that she’s writing letters to him, some things are beginning to make sense. Kay Kerr’s Please Don’t Hug Me depicts life on the cusp of adulthood—and on the autism spectrum—and the complexities of finding out and accepting who you are and what’s important to you. Please Don’t Hug Me has been shortlisted for an Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA), and is a Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Notables book. https://www.kaykerr.com/social-queue daily 0.75 2026-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f33554dedd2ba24dd6aae53/1630986613183-JVADLX1SILN0T45NOQ5J/9781922458018-2.jpg Social Queue ‘The most stressful interactions for me are ones like this, where the person’s face says one thing but their words say another. Which one am I supposed to believe? Faces seem to be more truthful, but people always act as though their words are the only things that matter.’ ERIN is looking forward to Schoolies, at least she thinks she is. But her plans are going awry. She’s lost her job at Surf Zone after an incident that clearly was not her fault, and now she’s not on track to have saved enough money. Her licence test went badly, which was also not her fault: she followed the instructor’s directions perfectly. And she’s missing her brother, Rudy, who left almost a year ago. But now that she’s writing letters to him, some things are beginning to make sense. Kay Kerr’s Please Don’t Hug Me depicts life on the cusp of adulthood—and on the autism spectrum—and the complexities of finding out and accepting who you are and what’s important to you. Please Don’t Hug Me has been shortlisted for an Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA), and is a Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Notables book. https://www.kaykerr.com/love-and-autism daily 0.75 2026-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618497259178-6XJGK9GR6YAVBQL5L519/20140301_Trade-151_012-2.jpg Love and Autism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607694583486-2PQT0LQ193RL7MCB6DX4/20140228_Trade+151_0046.jpg Love and Autism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607694644871-IC85FNH781UNZSZEGHDR/Aro+Ha_0428.jpg Love and Autism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f33554dedd2ba24dd6aae53/2237bef3-9f1c-4f85-a3b5-8bc2233cf092/L%26A_chosen.jpg https://www.kaykerr.com/books daily 0.75 2026-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f33554dedd2ba24dd6aae53/2237bef3-9f1c-4f85-a3b5-8bc2233cf092/L%26A_chosen.jpg Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f33554dedd2ba24dd6aae53/1624491331107-OT2LL6RAY5HQC6UMQ91J/9781922268051-2.jpg Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f33554dedd2ba24dd6aae53/62889d8b-312f-42ca-b105-7daf97b39e68/Someone+Like+Me+Cover-RGB-web-9780702268786-Someone-Like-Me.png Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f33554dedd2ba24dd6aae53/0d9e38c6-5cab-4b1e-a163-1961dc99bd11/Social+Queue+cover.jpeg Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f33554dedd2ba24dd6aae53/517f1590-dd5b-41d2-8ad0-ab719b4554a8/MightCryLaterCVR.jpg Books https://www.kaykerr.com/might-cry-later-1 daily 0.75 2026-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f33554dedd2ba24dd6aae53/df1d1b3a-5ec4-48bb-b0a1-da404163bc25/MightCryLaterCVR.jpg Might Cry Later ‘The most stressful interactions for me are ones like this, where the person’s face says one thing but their words say another. Which one am I supposed to believe? Faces seem to be more truthful, but people always act as though their words are the only things that matter.’ ERIN is looking forward to Schoolies, at least she thinks she is. But her plans are going awry. She’s lost her job at Surf Zone after an incident that clearly was not her fault, and now she’s not on track to have saved enough money. Her licence test went badly, which was also not her fault: she followed the instructor’s directions perfectly. And she’s missing her brother, Rudy, who left almost a year ago. But now that she’s writing letters to him, some things are beginning to make sense. Kay Kerr’s Please Don’t Hug Me depicts life on the cusp of adulthood—and on the autism spectrum—and the complexities of finding out and accepting who you are and what’s important to you. Please Don’t Hug Me has been shortlisted for an Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA), and is a Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Notables book.