莎拉·格魯恩 （Sara Gruen），《紐約時報》超級暢銷書作傢。因風靡全球的小說《大象的眼淚》而一炮走紅。《大象的眼淚》同名電影由好萊塢當紅小生羅伯特·帕丁森和奧斯卡影後瑞茜·威瑟斯彭聯袂主演，並獲得瞭票房、口碑雙豐收。2010年格魯恩的作品《黑猩猩之屋》，僅憑12頁手稿就獲得瞭齣版商的青睞，獲得瞭500萬的高額預付金，並且一上市就登上瞭《紐約時報》排行榜。

莎拉·格魯恩一直鍾情於動物題材，在現實生活中她也是一位狂熱的動物愛好者。現與丈夫、三個孩子、四隻貓、兩頭羊、兩條狗、一匹馬同住在芝加哥北部的生態小區。

As a world-class equestrian and Olympic contender, Annemarie Zimmer lived for the thrill of flight atop a strong, graceful animal. Then, at eighteen, a tragic accident destroyed her riding career and Harry, the beautiful horse she cherished. Now, twenty years later, Annemarie is coming home to her dying father's New Hampshire horse farm. Jobless and abandoned, she is bringing her troubled teenage daughter to this place of pain and memory, where ghosts of an unresolved youth still haunt the fields and stables—and where hope lives in the eyes of the handsome, gentle veterinarian Annemarie loved as a girl . . . and in the seductive allure of a trainer with a magic touch. But everything will change yet again with one glimpse of a white striped gelding startlingly similar to the one Annemarie lost in another lifetime. And an obsession is born that could shatter her fragile world.