Rudy Simone

Rudy Simone
Rudy Simone
Occupation	Author
Nationality	American
Subject	Asperger's Syndrome and Autism
Notable works	Aspergirls: Empowering Females with Asperger's Syndrome
Notable awards	Gold Award from the Independent Publishers Group, Gold Award from The Foreword Review

Rudy Simone (aka Artemisia) is an American author of books on Asperger's Syndrome and autism.

In 2011 Simone told Time Magazine that she initially self diagnosed with Aspergers after failing to find a doctor within 500 miles of where she lived who would believe her.¹ However, in 2013 she received an official diagnosis and has posted the document publicly.²

Aspergirls won a Gold Award from the Independent Publishers Group in 2011,³ and Asperger's on the Job won a Gold Award from the ForeWord Review in 2010,⁴

Her books have been translated into several languages.

• 22 Things a Woman Must Know if She loves a Man with Asperger's Syndrome (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2009) ISBN 978-1-84905-803-2
• 22 Things A Woman with Asperger's Wants her Partner to Know (Jessica Kingsley Publisher, 2012) ISBN 978-1-84905-883-4
• Asperger's on the Job Must-have Advice for People with Asperger's or High Functioning Autism, and their Employers, Educators, and Advocates (Future Horizons Publishing, 2010) ISBN 1935274090
• Aspergirls: Empowering Females with Asperger's Syndrome (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2010) ISBN 978-1-84905-826-1
• The A-Z of ASDs: Aunt Aspie’s Guide to Life (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2016)
• Sex and the Single Aspie (Jessica Kingsley, 2018) written under the name Artemisia ISBN 978-1-78592-530-6