Aoife Dooley: 'I was like, "F**k off. I’m not autistic. I’d know if I was"'

The author/illustrator has put a personal spin on Frankie’s World, her graphic novel about a girl with autism

Aoife Dooley, author/illustrator of Frankie’s World. Picture: Ruth Medjber

The eponymous hero of the new Irish graphic novel, Frankie’s World, talks too much, often says the wrong thing at the worst time and feels a bit different from others in her class. She loves art, pizza and rock music and doesn’t like school, hospitals and pop music. 

The strapline on the cover declares: “A little bit brave. Sometimes bold. Totally me.” Might that also describe its creator, author and illustrator Aoife Dooley?