Dr. Mary Lee Peck has been a storyteller and educator all her life and a professional writer for the past ten years. She and her sons raised and showed American Quarter Horses on a...view moreDr. Mary Lee Peck has been a storyteller and educator all her life and a professional writer for the past ten years. She and her sons raised and showed American Quarter Horses on a 54 acre horse farm in Ohio. She has since moved to the city, but her son and granddaughter continue to compete with their horses. Her first hand experience with horses gives her books a combination of fact and fiction making them enjoyable for the professional horse-person and the "wish I owned a horse" readers. Raven, the majestic stallion in her stories, was modeled after Rusty, one of the horses she owned. Rusty was not a black stallion, but he was unusually crafty and capable of amazing feats.Dr. Peck earned her doctorate degree from The Ohio State University in Education with a secondary focus in psychology. She has taught every grade level from pre-kindergarten to graduate school. Currently, she is Professor Emerita at a liberal arts university in Ohio where she teaches in the graduate program for teachers.view less