Interesting: a successful author who doesn’t read:
I was shocked to discover that she creates whatever she reads in her mind. … When the heroine arrives, her mind generates an image of that person. My mind, sadly, does none of that.

Thanks for posting this, which I found fascinating. It sounds as if she has aphantasia as well as autism. Of course, aphantasia doesn’t prevent someone from reading but I’m convinced it can affect how we read.