Category: Horse books for adults
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Jones, Christina
About the author Christina Jones was born in Oxford, and grew up in Berkshire. Her full time writing career has taken her a little time to achieve: she has done 27 jobs, and has been sacked from 19 of them because she was writing rather than working. Her first short story was published when she…
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Hooton, Hannah
About the author Hannah Hooton was brought up in Zimbabwe, but now lives in Norwich. She has been involved with horses and the racing industry all her life. She said the only reason she missed the 2010 Grand National was because a friend was getting married then. Her family know not to invite her to…
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Gould, Nat
About the author Nat Gould (Nathaniel Gould, 1857–1919) was one of the most prolific, if not the most prolific, equine authors. Born in Manchester, he worked as a journalist on the Newark Advertiser, and in 1884 left England for Australia. There he worked for the Australian press, and married. He moved to the Sydney Referee,…
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Denham, Bertie
About the author Lord Denham of Weston Underwood (1927–2021) was educated at Eton and King’s College, Cambridge. In 1948 he succeeded his father as second Baron, and in 1961 started his political career as a Government Junior Whip in the House of Lords. From 1979-1991 he was Government Chief Whip, seeing though all of Margaret…
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Daniel, Mark
About the author Mark Daniel (b.1954) is the son of a Lambourn trainer and a painter of horses. His biography on the Timewell Press site (they have published his French Letters and the English Canon) describes him as a “novelist, journalist, reluctant Ripperologist and crusading cook, as well as a larger-than life character with a…
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Cooper, Jilly
About the author Jilly Cooper is the doyenne of the horsey story with added zip. She started her writing career as a columnist for The Times, regularly getting into trouble for tackling subjects Times readers thought were not quite the thing. Her novels kicked off with several romantic stories named after their heroines, which were…
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Cartland, Barbara
About the author Barbara Cartland (1901-2000) was well known for her dress sense (pink) and her staggering output of romantic novels. Her early life was not easy: after an unfortunate investment, her father, Captain James Cartland, over-extended himself and was declared bankrupt. He killed himself, and the family had to move from a 12 servant…
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Carter, Brian
About the author Brian Carter is a Devon-based author, most of whose books are based in the South West of England. He wrote a conservation and countryside column in the Devon Herald Express, and also presented a Channel 4 television series on Dartmoor. His one horse book, Jack, is an historical novel, which ranges from the…
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Baker, Donna
About the author Donna Baker is a pseudonym used by the author Lilian Harry. Lilian Harry was born and brought up in Gosport, Hampshire, where she grew up in a “decent working class environment” during the Second World War. After leaving school, she worked in the Civil Service, before marrying a sailor and starting a…