About – Alicia Stephens Martin

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Meet Alicia Stephens Martin
Award-Winning Author • Educator • Former Salon Owner • Freelance Writer

Alicia Stephens Martin is a storyteller at heart, blending humor, heart, and strong female characters into every chapter she writes. A former educator and the longtime owner of Rubee Z Salon, Alicia now dedicates her time to writing full-time, producing novels and freelance pieces featured in various publications.

She recently settled along the beautiful Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, where the peaceful coastal setting inspires her creativity. Alicia’s daughter, an avid equestrian in her youth, has become an accomplished woman residing in Washington DC.
Although life transformed beyond their Pennsylvania farm for them both, Alicia keeps the barn boots close, volunteering at Talisman Therapeutic Riding Facility, Maryland, a place offering hope and resilience through horses.

Alicia is the author of the Spurred To trilogy—award-winning Spurred to Justice(2018),Spurred to Jump(2022), andSpurred to Jealousy (2023). In 2020, she released Private Mom, a warm, witty novel about a beauty-obsessed helicopter mom learning to let go.

Her newest series, The Silver Cowgirls, celebrates friendship, reinvention, and second chances. The first book received literary recognition, and the adventure continues in The Silver Cowgirls Ride Again, available now!

Alicia holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Creative Writing and has published an interactive children’s workbook for the salon called Let’s Go to the Hairstylist. Her short fiction and non-fiction stories have been published in Salon Ovation Magazine and PBA Progress, and her non-fiction piece
“Healing in a Pocket” won the prestigious Bob Hoffman writing award. Her articles have also been published in PA Equestrian, East Coast Equestrian, From Whispers to Roars, The Plaid Horse and On the Bit.

Check out my latest articles & blogs!

The Silver Cowgirls made their TV debut on Good Day PA ABC 27!
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My guest blogger debut on The Plaid Horse, the premier North American horse show magazine.Click to Read

On the Bit is a magazine for the everyday equestrian.

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Nightmare Beach Ride , Summer 2024

Eventing with Jean McWilliams, owner of Taborton Equine Books, Winter 2024

Misty Adamson's, Founder of On The Bit magazine reviewed my book "Spurred to Justice," the first installment in my trilogy! Watch now: https://youtu.be/N76oNRtvkCA?si=9i4GXgh1e4Hle7Wr

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