Gigi Amateau

Gigi Amateau lives in Virginia, where she and her family have two horses: Albert, a cremello Appaloosa gelding who served half of his life as a school horse in certified therapeutic riding programs, and Mia, a Thoroughbred rescue mare who loves to jump. Gigi Amateau is the author of Claiming Georgia Tate and A Certain Strain of Peculiar, both novels for older teens. About Chancey of the Maury River, she says, "The infinite bond between my daughter, Judith, and our horse Albert inspired this...See more

Gigi Amateau lives in Virginia, where she and her family have two horses: Albert, a cremello Appaloosa gelding who served half of his life as a school horse in certified therapeutic riding programs, and Mia, a Thoroughbred rescue mare who loves to jump. Gigi Amateau is the author of Claiming Georgia Tate and A Certain Strain of Peculiar, both novels for older teens. About Chancey of the Maury River, she says, "The infinite bond between my daughter, Judith, and our horse Albert inspired this story, as did Rockbridge County, Virginia. Judith, Albert, and I love to ride there in the surrounding Allegheny and Blue Ridge Mountains." See less