Sassafras Lowrey

Sassafras Lowrey is an author and journalist, known for hir books about dogs. Ze came out as genderqueer at 17, in the early 2000s. At that time ze was homeless "because of my first journalling attempts being discovered and outing me". Ze found a support community at the local queer youth center in Portland.

Quotes
"As a fiction author one of my main goals is to create queer stories for queer readers. For me this means writing a diverse representation of genderqueer/trans characters on the page. The characters in my novels unapologetically use a variety of pronouns. I’m equally committed to normalizing the presence of non-binary characters as I am to non-binary language in literature."

"I think the best pieces of advice I can give to young/upcoming queer writers is to follow your heart and your gut and tell the stories that need telling, and the ones that maybe only you can tell. I think that as queer writers it’s really important that we take risks with our work."

Books

 * Roving Pack
 * Kicked Out
 * Tricks in the City
 * Healing/Heeling
 * Bedtime Stories for Rescue Dogs
 * Chew This Journal
 * Lost Boi
 * Leather Ever After (editor)

Links

 * http://sassafraslowrey.com/