Sass[1] is an American author of children's and young adult fiction, best known for his middle grade contemporary novel, Ana on the Edge, and his Time op-ed discussing transgender and non-binary character representation in youth literature.
[2] Sass grew up in the Midwestern and Southern United States[3] and began training in figure skating as a child.
Figure Skating Senior Moves in the Field test while in law school,[4] then worked as a technical writer and legal editor[4] while writing creatively on the side.
His debut middle grade novel, Ana on the Edge, was purchased by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.
[16] Sass' second novel features Ellen Katz, an autistic thirteen-year-old, who is attempting to regain a long-time friendship on a class trip to Barcelona, Spain.