He attended the École alsacienne up to baccalaureat level, but abandoned undergraduate literary studies to devote himself to writing.
The title of the novel was taken from a song by Serge Gainsbourg and traces the life of a high school student from a wealthy Parisian background - his love life, his difficult relationship with his parents, skipping classes at school, alcohol, drug abuse… His second novel, Les Cœurs en skaï mauve, was published by Fayard in 2011.
The title is taken from Philippe Djian’s novel 37°2 le matin which tells the story of a summer romance between an aspiring writer and an impulsive young woman.
His fourth novel, Histoire de petite fille, came out in 2016; Sperlind said "for the first time I have tried to avoid writing about myself, about my personal life, but have tried to be a writer rather than someone undergoing analysis."
[citation needed] In 2017, Sperling co-wrote the screenplay for a film made by his mother, Ma mère est folle.