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The Author

I was born on February 2, 1980. I was lucky to grow up around horses, although
some people say I never really grew up!

When I was ten, my mom leased an Arabian Gelding named Risky. Mom, my
brother, and I took lessons on him, and it was my first taste of the gentle power of
horses. I was hooked, and I never looked back.

A few years later, I went to a riding camp with my grade seven class. By this time
Risky had moved away from my hometown of North Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada, and I had been horseless for some time. I was happy to be on the back of a
horse, a paint mare named Patches, once again. I could feel in my blood that, one
way or another, horses would be a part of my life. When I returned from the trip, I
proudly announced that I wanted to take lessons again.

Eventually, I leased a horse named Aladdin, who like Risky was an Arabian Gelding.
He was a beautiful chestnut with a white blaze, and during my many lessons on him I
began to learn the basics of riding, and the simple pleasures of being around horses
and just hanging around at the barn. We spent countless hours in both the riding
arena and on the beautiful trails of the North Vancouver Mountains.

Around that time, for a school project, I made a brochure about horse care and glued
it onto red construction paper. It was the beginning of what would become The Little
Red Riding Book.

~Next~

"I wanted to capture the
magic and awe of what it
is like to be a kid (or an
adult for that matter) who
is totally mesmerized by
these amazing animals,
and intertwine it into a
hands-on, informative
story."