Hutchings grew up in the Southeastern hills of Pennsylvania and was in the saddle before she could walk. When she wasn't in school, she was in the barn, riding, training or prepping for shows. At age fourteen her passion for horses met the pen and she wrote her first novel, A Horse to Remember. After graduating from the University of South Carolina with a BA in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications in May 2012, Hutchings wrote A Horse to Treasure for her loyal fans. A year after, Venture, Horse of Dreams, made it to the shelves as her very first children's book.