Category: British authors
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Wilkinson, Sheena
About the author Sheena Wilkinson was born in Belfast in 1968, and teaches English at Methodist College, Belfast. She studied at University College, Durham, and is an award-winning short story writer, who won the Brian Moore award in 2006 with her first short story, Amputees. For her doctorate, she looked at the common themes of…
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Wigley, Ann
About the author Ann Wigley wrote her first book, The Red Horse Haunting, for the J A Allen Junior Equestrian Library. She helped with the local Pony Club and ran a livery yard, and wrote the story while recovering from an operation. She only sent it to the publisher because her daughter insisted! Since then,…
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White, Constance M
About the author Constance M White (1903-?) author of over 40 children’s stories, is best known for her school stories. She wrote 17, of which two, Ponies at Westways and Nutmeg Comes to Westways, combined ponies and school. Dream Pony is a more straight down the line pony story – unusual for its sympathetic potrayal…
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Weston, Simon
About the author The Nelson books are by Simon Weston, a soldier who overcame appalling injuries sustained during the Falklands War. He has written several books about his experiences, but the Nelson series is his first excursion into children’s fiction. The books are written with David FitzGerald, and are illustrated by Jac Jones. The books…
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Westlake, Veronica
About the author Veronica Westlake is the author of one of my favourite pony books: The Ten-Pound Pony. I spent years trying to find this book: fruitlessly, as I couldn’t remember the title, and had also managed to get some of the details mixed up with J M Berrisford’s The Ponies Next Door. At last…
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Weir, Rosemary
About the author Rosemary Weir (1905–95) wrote many children’s books. She was born in South Africa, and was educated there and in England. She trained for the stage, and had several different careers until she started writing at the age of 50. Her best known book is probably Pyewacket. Finding the bookReasonably easy to find.…
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Webster, Joanne
About the author Joanne Webster lived in Bristol, and worked as a radiographer. She has three children, and has also worked as a teacher. Besides her three pony stories, she has also contributed to The Teacher and Teacher’s World. She has written three pony books about Lolly. Finding the booksAll the books are readily available…
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Webb, Holly
About the author Holly Webb isn’t a pony book author as such: her two pony stories, Ponymagic (2010) and The Secret Pony (2007) are part of series full of other animals too. After a degree in Classics at Cambridge she worked as a children’s book editor before starting to write children’s books herself. Her books…
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Wayne, Mel
About the author Mel Wayne wrote one pony story, and a non fiction title, Wild Horse Kingdom, which is the true story of his ambition to start a pony ranch in the Welsh border country. The Horse on Ben Awe takes a similar scenario, though the farm is in the Scottish Highlands, and it is…
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Waud, Elizabeth
About the author Elizabeth Waud has written just this book (at least, under that name). I do wonder if she wrote more under another name, as Easter Meeting is a very accomplished book indeed for a first and only novel. I have been able to find out no biographical information about her whatsover, but I…