Author of VESUVIUS (June 2025) & THOUGH THIS BE MADNESS (2027) from Peachtree Teen. Writer of messy boys in love. They/them 🌋 Rep: Allegra Martschenko at BookEnds Lit https://linktr.ee/cassbeehttps://bsky.app/profile/cassbeewrites.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/cassbeewrites.bsky.social/post/3mmakw4sjzc2oI’m WEEPING, no one has ever drawn Loren’s haircut art before 😭🧡🧡🧡🧡 [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 May 2026 23:41 +0000at://did:plc:c25desevsyhdpgiirfsrapch/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmakw4sjzc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/cassbeewrites.bsky.social/post/3lyyfkvlg3c23There’s so, so much tenderness in this piece, it truly took my breath away [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Sep 2025 22:45 +0000at://did:plc:c25desevsyhdpgiirfsrapch/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyyfkvlg3c23https://bsky.app/profile/cassbeewrites.bsky.social/post/3lyuxn4ek422gNEWS! 💌 Starry-eyed to announce I’m now represented by Allegra Martschenko (@allegramartsch) at BookEnds Literary! After a whirlwind 2 weeks of querying and 10 offers of rep, I couldn’t be more excited to have secured such an excellent agent, especially as I expand into adult fantasy.15 Sep 2025 13:58 +0000at://did:plc:c25desevsyhdpgiirfsrapch/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyuxn4ek422ghttps://bsky.app/profile/cassbeewrites.bsky.social/post/3lrb2dslvgc2pToday VESUVIUS releases, and I’m a published author. Felix’s story came from a place of hurt, but by the love of the hands it’s passed through, it became one of healing. Even as a writer, I’ll never find the words to thank those who held me through it. Now the story is yours.10 Jun 2025 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:c25desevsyhdpgiirfsrapch/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrb2dslvgc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/cassbeewrites.bsky.social/post/3lqkgh2wmu22qHappy pride month 🏳️‍⚧️ If you want to help fund a trans person’s top surgery later this year, preordering my very queer book about boys kissing in the final days of Pompeii would mean the world to me :) 💕 Out June 10!01 Jun 2025 14:02 +0000at://did:plc:c25desevsyhdpgiirfsrapch/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqkgh2wmu22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/cassbeewrites.bsky.social/post/3lq4377all22sThinking fondly of last summer when the copy editor of VESUVIUS posed this question26 May 2025 21:04 +0000at://did:plc:c25desevsyhdpgiirfsrapch/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq4377all22shttps://bsky.app/profile/cassbeewrites.bsky.social/post/3lq3elhexes2rTwo weeks until VESUVIUS is out in the world ✨✨✨ Should I reveal the secret hiding under the dust jacket soon?26 May 2025 14:19 +0000at://did:plc:c25desevsyhdpgiirfsrapch/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq3elhexes2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/cassbeewrites.bsky.social/post/3lpuk6m2sk22kOh my agent HATES to see my comp title suggestions for my pitches coming Can’t wait for her to replace them with something acceptable23 May 2025 21:11 +0000at://did:plc:c25desevsyhdpgiirfsrapch/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpuk6m2sk22khttps://bsky.app/profile/cassbeewrites.bsky.social/post/3lptzst5ayk24Author copies came23 May 2025 16:18 +0000at://did:plc:c25desevsyhdpgiirfsrapch/app.bsky.feed.post/3lptzst5ayk24https://bsky.app/profile/cassbeewrites.bsky.social/post/3lpscifyuik2uKeep in mind, if you’re a debut author seeing other debuts do merch & prints & stickers & bookmarks, and wondering why YOUR publisher didn’t do that for you It’s because that author is probably paying out of pocket Everything I’m doing for VESUVIUS is funded by me.22 May 2025 23:48 +0000at://did:plc:c25desevsyhdpgiirfsrapch/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpscifyuik2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/cassbeewrites.bsky.social/post/3lpq3ewpi5c2zpost an image from your comfort movie mad max 🔛🔝 [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 May 2025 02:35 +0000at://did:plc:c25desevsyhdpgiirfsrapch/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpq3ewpi5c2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/cassbeewrites.bsky.social/post/3lporqqfjo22lMy hands are shaking as I type this. I’m unbelievably honored to announce that the final blurb for VESUVIUS is by CS Pacat, whose books were the first place I saw my traumas on page. VESUVIUS simply would not exist without Pacat.21 May 2025 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:c25desevsyhdpgiirfsrapch/app.bsky.feed.post/3lporqqfjo22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/cassbeewrites.bsky.social/post/3lpniasjccs2jBaz is here to announce final copies of VESUVIUS have landed21 May 2025 01:47 +0000at://did:plc:c25desevsyhdpgiirfsrapch/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpniasjccs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/cassbeewrites.bsky.social/post/3lpnbhsfuos2nA DM just reminded me—if you’re a bookseller with VESUVIUS on order, let me know so I can send you some signed bookplates!20 May 2025 23:46 +0000at://did:plc:c25desevsyhdpgiirfsrapch/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpnbhsfuos2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/cassbeewrites.bsky.social/post/3lpmt5bxvik25I have one last blurb to reveal Tomorrow? 🤭20 May 2025 19:30 +0000at://did:plc:c25desevsyhdpgiirfsrapch/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpmt5bxvik25https://bsky.app/profile/cassbeewrites.bsky.social/post/3lpmkrf4nv22hTop surgery consultation (REAL) on June 11, the day after my debut novel launches, with surgery hopefully happening before the year is out20 May 2025 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:c25desevsyhdpgiirfsrapch/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpmkrf4nv22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/cassbeewrites.bsky.social/post/3lpkiqfauhs2sFelix vesuvius is 5’6 if that matters to anyone19 May 2025 21:18 +0000at://did:plc:c25desevsyhdpgiirfsrapch/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpkiqfauhs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/cassbeewrites.bsky.social/post/3lpdc32ba4k2sGetting asked to blurb another author’s debut actually was incredibly cool, especially when the book was SOOOO GOOD17 May 2025 00:30 +0000at://did:plc:c25desevsyhdpgiirfsrapch/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpdc32ba4k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/cassbeewrites.bsky.social/post/3lpclo5euds2tI made this beautiful Jaskier coat in 2022, but I’ve since dropped 6 sizes. I’m going to a ren faire on Sunday. So. Wish me luck in deconstructing and resizing on a very tight timeline?16 May 2025 17:49 +0000at://did:plc:c25desevsyhdpgiirfsrapch/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpclo5euds2thttps://bsky.app/profile/cassbeewrites.bsky.social/post/3lp5srmpdgs2pGot some EXTREMELY INCREDIBLY EXCITING NEWS about physical in-store distribution of VESUVIUS, and I just want to say I never thought my weird queer YA book about religious trauma and assault would make it this far14 May 2025 20:13 +0000at://did:plc:c25desevsyhdpgiirfsrapch/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp5srmpdgs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/cassbeewrites.bsky.social/post/3lp2ohmc3dk2hIt’s my birthday, and in less than a month, I’ll be a published author ☀️ To everyone who’s stuck by me this long, I wouldn’t have made it here without you.13 May 2025 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:c25desevsyhdpgiirfsrapch/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp2ohmc3dk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/cassbeewrites.bsky.social/post/3loyght7epk2rJust had a call with my insurance company’s gender care manager and confirmed my plan WILL cover my top surgery after I hit my out-of-pocket max I will probably open up $10 query critiques and maybe some small needle-art comms to raise money for out-of-pocket soon12 May 2025 16:50 +0000at://did:plc:c25desevsyhdpgiirfsrapch/app.bsky.feed.post/3loyght7epk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/cassbeewrites.bsky.social/post/3lowcxri5as2tYeah no sorry I haven’t been writing lately. It’s just that I’ve filled my life with beautiful girls who I would much rather stare at than a blank word doc11 May 2025 20:42 +0000at://did:plc:c25desevsyhdpgiirfsrapch/app.bsky.feed.post/3lowcxri5as2thttps://bsky.app/profile/cassbeewrites.bsky.social/post/3lotldp6dbc2mToday marks exactly ONE MONTH until VESUVIUS hits shelves ✨✨✨10 May 2025 18:33 +0000at://did:plc:c25desevsyhdpgiirfsrapch/app.bsky.feed.post/3lotldp6dbc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/cassbeewrites.bsky.social/post/3loti4flw3k2kHappy weekend :)10 May 2025 17:36 +0000at://did:plc:c25desevsyhdpgiirfsrapch/app.bsky.feed.post/3loti4flw3k2khttps://bsky.app/profile/cassbeewrites.bsky.social/post/3lomc7bphv22rHome from YALLwest! I had the best time meeting authors I look up to and making new friends! Thanks for making this weekend so magical 🤍07 May 2025 21:01 +0000at://did:plc:c25desevsyhdpgiirfsrapch/app.bsky.feed.post/3lomc7bphv22r