What, Why, How: Shireen Jeejeebhoy

What:

I write books. My brain injury made it possible because it took away my writing ability, my ability to see and write short stories. My writing returned after relearning, but it wasn’t the same at all as before my injury. At first, I could write only non-fiction, and so I started a political blog to give my angst an outlet. Then in 2009, after months of a story building up inside me, National Novel Writing Month kicked those fictional-story-producing neurons back into life. I wrote my fi...