From age five to sixteen, Amy Brown belonged to Flaxmere Pony Club and competed in regional and national show jumping events. An avid reader of pony fiction, when she left home Amy gave up riding and took up writing. Amy now lives in Melbourne, where she spends her time writing, tutoring a poetry class at the University of Melbourne, and fostering stray animals for Victorian Dog Rescue. As often as she can, Amy returns to Hawke’s Bay to visit her parents and their elderly horses, Ginny and Toby.