Susan Millard aka Sue Millard

British author born in Cheshire. She has written horse stories for adults/older children, non-fictional books about Fell ponies, many articles for native breed and driving magazines and also non-pony fiction.

In 1975 she moved to the Lake District in Cumbria, where she took the area and its native Fell pony to her heart. As well as writing, Ms. Millard has farmed, made and repaired harness and saddlery and judged Fell ponies. Not to mention riding, driving, designing websites and lecturing!

She has her own publishing imprint, Jackdaw Books, through which she now publishes her fiction and non-fiction.

More about Susan Millard and her books can be found on her website.

Sian Series:
Older children/adult series.

1) AGAINST THE ODDS
FIRST PRINTED J A ALLEN PAPERBACKS 1995
ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR
Paperback original.
Also available as an e-book.
SUMMARY: Older teenager's horse story set in the world of racing, as much about learning to cope with adult relationships as a horse story.
Sian leaves home to work in a racing stables but finds the job hard work and also is beset by emotional problems when she becomes involved with two very different men.
NB - this deals with some quite dark adult issues so is not suitable for younger children.
PONYMAD RATING: 3 HORSESHOES

2) SCRATCH
FIRST PRINTED JACKDAW BOOKS 2018
SUMMARY: Belated sequel in which Sian is now a mother to teenage children. She lives on a farm and buys and sells Fell ponies while her husband trains young horses for National Hunt racing. Life becomes difficult when money troubles lead to mystery and danger...

Collectors info:
Both are in print at the time of this update (Summer 2019); Scratch in both paperback and e-book, Against the Odds as e-book only.  Against the Odds is however also available as an older used paperback which is not too hard to find.

Other Horse & Pony Books:

ONE FELL SWOOP: A LIGHTHEARTED LOOK AT FELL PONIES
FIRST PRINTED: NORTH PENNINE PUBLISHING 1987
ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR
Reprinted in paperback by Jackdaw Books in 1995.
Also available as an e-book.
SUMMARY: Book of Fell Pony cartoons.

COACHMAN (Adult Fiction)
FIRST PRINTED: JACKDAW BOOKS 2012
Paperback original.
Also available as an e-book.
SUMMARY: Adult historical story set in Victorian times. George Davenport is an expert coachman, skilled in driving four-in-hand teams. However the advent of the railway, with it's speedy journeys and ever increasing network, is threatening the work he loves. His personal life is also under threat from a predatory female!

Collectors info:
Both are in print at the time of this update (Summer 2019) and are available in paperback and e-book format. The first edition of One Fell Swoop is however hard to find.