Category: Australasian authors
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Carmel, Rowley
About the author Carmel Rowley was born in Melbourne. As a child, she dreamed of owning a horse, and her parents eventually gave in when she was 13. Horses have remained part of her life: with her husband Don, she bred Arabian horses for over thirty years. Her books are inspired by Arabians too. Her…
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Buddee, Paul
About the author Paul Buddee (1913–2002) was a teacher, a headmaster, and also a concert flautist, who conducted the ABC music broadcasts. His first children’s book: The Comical Adventures of Oscar and Olga was published in 1943. He did much sterling work with the Children’s Book Council, being on the organising committee for Children’s Book Week, as…
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Brugman, Alyssa
About the author Alyssa Brugman grew up reading pony books set in England or America: with plenty of pony content, but things alien to Australia like hunting and ranches. When she grew up, she was determined to write pony books which Australian readers would recognise, and this was the start of the Shelby series. She has…
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Brown, Amy
About the author Amy Brown got her first pony unexpectedly. Her father was bitten by the horse bug and bought himself a horse, Poncho. When he started to compete, he needed a horse box. When he found one, the seller offered him a pony to go with it, so Amy, at the age of five,…
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Brooksbank, Anne
About the author Anne Brooksbank (b.1943) was born in Melbourne, and has written several novels for young adults. Amongst them is one horse story: Archer (1985), which is based on the story of the horse who won the first, and the second, Melbourne Cup. He was one of only five horses to win it more than once.…
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Bennett, Deborah
About the author There doesn’t seem to be much information out there on this author. She might have been born in 1932: all I do know is that she wrote books with a Christian slant which were published both in Australia and London. Her first horse book, Jean’s Black Diamond, was written when she was fifteen.…
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Bell, Glenys
About the author There are not many New Zealand pony book authors, but Glenys Bell is one. She wrote Our Own Riding Stables when she was just 13 years old. As far as I can see, she wrote no other books under that name. Finding the booksHard to find, and tends to be ex-library when it does…
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Barrett, Helen (Elizabeth Whitbread)
About the author Helen Barrett was born in 1942, in Hindmarsh, South Australia, She worked in publishing and journalism and taught at Presbyterian Girls’ College. The State Library, South Australia picks out her books for special mention in its survey of equestrian literature. They are ‘evocative of our long, hot summers and follow with humour…
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Barnes, Rory
About the author Rory Barnes (b.1946) was born in England, moved to Rhodesia, and then when he was 10 to Australia, where he’s mostly been ever since. School was a battle: he was dyslexic, but he still managed a university career. During this, he wrote a couple of novels, neither of which was published. When…