Category: Australasian authors
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Lewis, Meg
About the author An author who wrote just the one pony book that I am aware of: It All Began with Calamity. I had this in stock years ago when I was a bookseller. I read it, but can remember not a single thing about it other than that I enjoyed it. Finding the bookThe…
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Lester, Alison
About the author Alison Lester (b.1952) was born in Victoria, Australia. She both writes and illustrates, and is probably best known for her picture books for younger children. She was educated at St Margaret’s School, and then trained as an arts and crafts teacher. Not liking the everyday routine of school, she started illustrating other…
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Lamond, Henry G
About the author Henry George Lamond (1885–1969) farmed and wrote in Australia. He was educated at Brisbane Grammar School and the Queensland Agricultural College. As a young man, he had numerous agricultural jobs. From 1927–37 he leased the Molle Islands, off Queensland. He farmed South Molle Island until 1937, when he moved to a farm…
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Kroll, Jeri
About the author Jeri Kroll’s Blue series is aimed at older teenagers. Felice, the series’ heroine, is living in Australia, having moved there from New York with her parents. She learns to ride, and becomes hooked on eventing. The series covers standard teenage fare like relationships, as well as less widely tackled subjects, like mental…
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Kelly, Bernadette
About the author Bernadette Kelly has written two pony series: Riding High and Pony Patch. Pony Patch, four books long, is about the greedy pony Norbert, whose owner Molly thinks he is the most perfect pony in the world. Riding High looks to be aimed at an older readership, and is about Annie Boyd and…
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Helidoniotis, Kathy
About the author Kathy Helidoniotis was born in Sydney. Her two favourite things in childhood were reading and riding: by the time she was ten she had a horse of her own, called Clarrie. Writing was something she came to early, though one of her best remembered childhood stories was actually about a hen, Patch.…
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Heffernan, John
About the author John Heffernan (b.1949) lives on a farm. He’s written for children of all ages: from picture books on. His first book, Spud, was about a blue heeler cattle dog and won several literary awards. Much of his writing is inspired by his experiences living close to the land. Finding the booksNeither are particularly…
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Gurney, E Mary
About the author Elizabeth Mary Gurney (1900–38) wrote her first story for The Bulletin, Sydney, in 1933, and then wrote for many Australian and New Zealand papers. Many of her stories were set in Hawke’s Bay, which is where she was educated, with her later stories being inspired by her days with the Pakuranga Hunt Club. Pageant…
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Grey, Estelle (Esta de Fossard)
About the author Esta de Fossard (b.1934) was born in Melbourne. She’s written picture books under her own name, and under her pseudonym of Estelle Grey, the four book Julie Gordon series, about a teenage girl. One of the books, Julie Gordon: the Pony Club Camp is a horse story. In other volumes of the series, Julie…
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Bruce, Mary Grant (Minnie)
About the author Mary Grant Bruce (1878–1958) was born in Victoria, Australia, and died in Sussex. She won the Shakespeare Society’s annual prize several times, having started writing at the age of seven, with an epic on a mad Tsar. She then started work as a journalist, continuing to write articles for magazines while she…