Susan Ketchen is the author of the Born That Way Series. The books follow 14-year old Sylvia who has the genetic condition Turner Sydrome and, as if that is not enough, she is also a horse nut. Susan lives on a small hobby farm with her husband, two cats, two horses and a flock of geriatric chickens. She has pursued a broad range of careers and interests, and enjoys her current focus on writing and riding and threatening the chickens with replacements if they don't increase the egg production.