Along with the upcom­ing World News from Waver­ley High, Lin­da Kass is the author of three pre­vi­ous works of his­tor­i­cal fic­tion: Tasa’s Song, A Ritchie Boy, and Bessie. She began her career as a mag­a­zine jour­nal­ist and cor­re­spon­dent for region­al and nation­al pub­li­ca­tions. A long­time civic leader, she is the founder and own­er of Gramer­cy Books, an inde­pen­dent book­store in Cen­tral Ohio.