A. J. Sass (he/​they) is an author whose nar­ra­tive inter­ests lie at the inter­sec­tion of iden­ti­ty, neu­ro­di­ver­si­ty, and ally­ship. His debut nov­el, Ana on the Edge, was a 2020 Book­list Edi­tors’ Choice, an ALA 2021 Rain­bow Book List Top 10 for Young Read­ers, and a Junior Library Guild Gold Stan­dard selec­tion. His sopho­more nov­el, Ellen Out­side the Lines, is also a Junior Library Guild Gold Stan­dard selec­tion. A. J. is the co-author of Camp QUILT­BAG* (Algo­nquin, 2023) and a con­trib­u­tor to the This Is Our Rain­bow: 16 Sto­ries of Her, Him, Them, And Us (Knopf Books for Young Read­ers) and Allies: Real Talk About Show­ing Up, Screw­ing Up, And Try­ing Again (DK/​Penguin Ran­dom House) antholo­gies. When he’s not writ­ing, A. J. fig­ure skates and trav­els as much as pos­si­ble. He lives in the San Fran­cis­co Bay Area with his part­ner and two cats who act like dogs. Fol­low him at sassinsf​.com or @matokah on Twit­ter and Instagram.