Cass Brenner is a former appellate paralegal turned crime writer. Born in 1985 in Flagstaff, Arizona, Brenner studied journalism at the University of Arizona before moving to the Bay Area to work with a nonprofit legal clinic. Their short fiction has appeared in small-press magazines and was shortlisted for a mystery novella prize in 2019. When not outlining cases on index cards, Brenner teaches community workshops in Oakland and hikes the Marin Headlands with a stubborn rescue beagle.
