Susan richards author biography for book

PERSONAL:

Female. Education: B.A.; M.S.

ADDRESSES:

Home—Olivebridge, NY.

CAREER:

Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY, and State University of New York Ulster Community College, Stone Ridge, NY, writing instructor; has also worked as a psychotherapist in private practice.

WRITINGS:

Chosen by a Horse: A Memoir, Soho Press (New York, NY), 2006.

SIDELIGHTS:

Susan Richards is a writing instructor and former professional in the mental health field who worked for fifteen years as a psychotherapist at a private mental health clinic.

She is also a lifelong animal lover, and in her debut book, Chosen by a Horse: A Memoir, she describes how her life was changed and enriched through her relationship with a gentle, friendly horse she initially did not want at all.

As Richards opens her story, she is socially withdrawn and emotionally damaged, the survivor of both childhood abuse and domestic abuse during an ill-fated marriage. Her mother died of cancer when she wa