Jessica Owers is the author of the heralded Peter Pan: The Forgotten Story of Phar Lap’s Successor, winner of the 2012 Bill Whittaker Award for Best Racing Book in Australia. Her writing has appeared in Inside Breeding, The Thoroughbred, Breeding & Racing and Outback magazines, along with numerous other racing books and publications. She holds a combined honours degree from the University of Stirling, and has worked as a sub-editor in publishing and a riding instructor. She lives in Sydney’s eastern beaches with her husband, restaurateur Maurizio Lombardo.
