Cass Morris is a writer and research editor living in central Virginia. Her debut series, The Aven Cycle, is Roman-flavored historical fantasy. She is also one-third of the team behind the Hugo Award Finalist podcast Worldbuilding for Masochists. Her story “Corvus Monitus” can be found in CORVID-19: A RavenCon Anthology. Her novel, From Unseen Fire, was the 2019 winner of RavenCon’s Webster Award.
She currently holds the position of Research Editor and Worldbuilding Specialist at Plato Learning, a company that runs mythology-themed summer camps and other educational programming. From 2010 to 2017, she worked as Academic Resources Manager at the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, VA. She holds a Master of Letters from Mary Baldwin University and a BA in English and History from the College of William and Mary. She reads voraciously, wears corsets voluntarily, and will beat you at Mario Kart.