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Woody Brown is sharing the cover of his debut novel, Upward Bound , exclusively with PEOPLE
The book, out in spring 2026, follows the interconnected stories of employees and attendees of Upward Bound, an adult daycare center for the disabled community
“My hope is that readers will be drawn to my book because it is good writing, then learn something about our world in the process,” Brown says of the novel
In 2022, Woody Brown made history when he became the first autistic, nonspeaking graduate of UCLA. Now, in his debut novel, he’s highlighting the experiences of the disabled community on the page.
PEOPLE can exclusively reveal the cover of Upward Bound , Brown’s book forthcoming next year from Hogarth, an imprint of Penguin Random House.
The novel follows a group o
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