Category: European authors
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Funke, Cornelia
About the author Cornelia Funke is better known for her Inkheart trilogy, which was made into a film. Saving Mississippi is one of her earlier books, and was published in her native Germany in 1997. Her publisher in the UK, Barry Cunningham of Chicken House, heard about the story when Cornelia was taking him to visit her…
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Frick, Marlene
About the author Marlene Frick has written one horse book, as far as I know. I can find no biographical information about her, other than the fact that she wrote a book, Heureux Qui Comme Ulysse, which was turned into a film. Finding the bookThe book is very easy to find in both its printings,…
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Fiori, Pacifico
About the author Thus far, I haven’t found any biographical information about this Italian author at all. Besides The Prairie Rebels, he/she also wrote The Far West, a story of the opening up of the American Far West. The original printing of The Prairie Rebels, I ribelli della prateria, won the Premio Castello. Finding the bookThere aren’t a…
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Finn, Mary
About the author Mary Finn lives in Dublin, where she worked for some years as a magazine journalist for Radio Telefís Eireann, the Irish broadcasting service. She now works as a parliamentary reporter for the Oireachtas, the Irish Houses of Parliament. She writes historical novels: her Anila’s Journey is set in colonial India, and won the Eilis…
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Dillon, Eilís
About the author Eilís Dillon (1920-94) was born in Galway, Ireland. She travelled widely in America, and lectured on Irish literature and poetry. She became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and wrote many books for children. There are over 30 books to her name: the three books which feature horses are aimed…
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Devine, Pauline
About the author Pauline Devine was born in Loughrea, County Galway, and studied at University College, Dublin, Trinity College and Sydney University. During her career she has been a Writer-in-residence in Ireland, Wales and the USA, and has worked variously as a journalist, teacher, adjudicator and editor. She was involved with her local pony club,…
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de Jong, Meindert
About the author Meindert DeJong (1906–91) was born in Holland, but emigrated to America with his family in 1914 when he was 8. He wrote 27 books for children, many of which were inspired by his childhood memories of Holland. He started to write after a local librarian steered him in that direction: he had…
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Callan, Michael Feeny
About the author Michael Feeney Callan has written several biographies, including one on Sir Anthony Hopkins. He is on the advisory board of Irish Film American. He has written 15 books, writes for the BBC and ITV, directs and paints. Jockey School was based on the television series written by Alan Janes, and starring Dana…
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Bruns, Ursula
About the author Many thanks to Konstanze Allsopp, who has written this article for the site. Although almost unknown here Ursula Bruns (1922–2016) is one of the best-known authors in Germany of textbooks on keeping ponies at grass, and related subjects. She is also credited with saving an entire pony breed single-handedly from extinction –…
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Anckarsvärd, Karin
About the author Karin Anckarsvärd (1915–69 ) is a Swedish author, who wrote widely for children after training as a secretary. Her books are not widely available in the UK: she seems to have been much more widely translated and published in the USA. She won the Nils Holgersson prize in 1964 for her book The Doctor’s…