Sassafras Lowrey is a teenage runaway who grew up to become a celebrated author. Sassafras is the 2013 winner of the Lambda Literary Emerging Writer Award. Hir LGBTQ+ books: Lost Boi, A Little Queermas Carol, Roving Pack, Kicked Out and Leather Ever After—have been honored by organizations ranging from the National Leather Association, and the Lambda Literary Foundation, to the American Library Association, a
Sassafras is also a celebrated dog trainer. Hir dog training book Tricks In The City was a two-time Dog Writer Association of America award finalist. Sassafras’ other dog books include Chew This Journal, and the lyric-essay collections Healing/Heeling and With Me. Sassafras is also the author of the cat training/activity book Claw This Journal. Sassafras’ first novel for young readers set at dog shows “Jillian at the Junior Showcase” released in 2023.