Dawn LeFevre began working on the backstretch of Atlantic City Racecourse at the age of sixteen.  After graduating from Cook College of Rutgers University with a B.S. in Animal Science, she spent the next thirteen years training and racing horses in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware.  She currently works as a contributor for PastTheWire.com and has also been published in Equus, Weird NJ, the Pacific Coast Journal and The Press of Atlantic City.

She lives in South Jersey with her husband Mark, Australian Shepherd Domino and cats Faith and Wonder.