Victor Cass was born in Kingsville, Texas but was raised in his hometown of Pasadena, California. He grew up in Pasadena's Armenian neighborhood, East Washington Village, and graduated from John Muir High School. He is an Eagle Scout from Pasadena's historic Troop 4. Victor received his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree (Awarded with Honors) from Art Center College of Design, in Pasadena, and his Master of Arts Degree from American Military University, at the time in Manassas Park, Virginia.

Victor has worked as an advertising art director in New York, and is a decorated, 19-year veteran police officer. His first book was a non-fiction history of the Pasadena Police Department, Pasadena Police Department: A Photohistory, 1877-2000. This was followed by his first novel, Love, Death, and Other War Stories, based, in part, on some of his experiences as a street cop.