Susan Williamson

I grew up asking my father for a pony. By the time I was 7 we had a whole farm of horses, beef, cattle, hogs and sheep. When I was 9 I started reading mysteries--Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys and the Black Stallion books--I loved them all. At the age of 12 I began to help with riding lessons, by the age of 16 I was teaching on my own and have been ever since.

I hold degrees in animal science from the University of Kentucky and the University of California at Davis, where I was a founding member of the polo club.

I write horses mysteries because I love mysteries and all things horse. I met my husband at a horse show, after the horse ran away with me. Our daughter's first word was horse.

Before I started writing fiction, I was a freelance reporter, then a small town newspaper editor. I also joined my husband in operating a horse boarding, breeding, lesson and show facility.