You know, this is just a thought, but I think instead of searching for a cishet YA author to lionize in place of JKR, people should simply support trans authors.
"Read this white woman, read that white woman."
Where's the actual diversity in your recommendations? I don't want an author who tweets with the Good Hashtags, I want some actual trans authors.
@witchfynder_finder that would require fixing the publishing industry to respect trans people as authors of something other than memoirs
@jellyfish_link I mean, yeah.
But I feel like a good first step is telling people about trans authors that are out there so they start Buying Their Books