Author Sasscer Hill was involved in horse racing as an amateur jockey and racehorse breeder for most of her life. She sets many of her novels against a background of big money, gambling, and horse racing. Her mystery and suspense thrillers have won the Dr. Tony Ryan Best in Racing Literature Award (FLAMINGO ROAD) and the Carrie McCray Award (THE DARK SIDE OF TOWN). Her books have also received multiple award nominations for Agatha, Macavity and Claymore Awards. 

Her newest title, out in February of 2020 is Travels of Quinn, a standalone mystery-thriller based on the con artists known as Irish American Travelers.

Sasscer lives in Aiken, South Carolina horse country, with her husband, a dog, and a cat.