Elle Bíbi-Imbelé Ifíè

Elle Bíbi-Imbelé Ifíè is the main character in The Leap Cycle series of middle grade books by Patience Agbabi.

Character creation
Author Patience Agbabi has an autistic son. She also read autobiographies by autistic, medical articles about autism girls, newspaper articles by late-diagnosed autistic women and the novel "M in the Middle: Secret Crushes, Mega-Colossal Anxiety and the People’s Republic of Autism", a book written by students from a school for autistic girls and their teacher.

Synopsis
Born on Febrary 29th, Elle is a Leapling. She also has The Gift—the ability to leap through time.

Autism
Elle is stated to be autistic by the author.

Book list

 * The Infinite (2020)
 * The Time-Thief (2021)

The third book in The Leap Cycle series, titled The Cirle Breakers is set to release in 2023.