Category: North American Authors
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Miller, Albert G
About the author Fury is one of those words that drips with meaning if you’re an American brought up in the 1950s and 1960s. “Fury – the story of a horse and the boy who loves him,” was read over the opening music at the start of the show, and those few words must conjure…
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Sheldon, Ann
About the author What a can of worms I opened up when I decided to add the Linda Craig series to the website. The series was produced in three bursts, and as the latest series completely superceded the first two, there are two Linda Craig #1 etc and no, they are not the same book.…
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Montgomery, George Rutherford
About the author George Rutherford Montgomery was born on April 12, 1894, North Dakota, and died on July 3, 1985. He is best known in the UK for his Golden Stallion series, which was printed by Hodder & Stoughton. Our local library had copies of the books when I was a child, and I can…
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Morgenroth, Barbara
About the author Barbara Morgenroth has written numerous horse stories, as well as other children’s and non fiction titles. Before starting to publish her novels, she worked as a photojournalist, news writer, videotape cameraperson, advertising copywriter and riding instructor and stable manager. She has (or had) horses of her own: in 1979, she owned Hy…
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O’Brien, Jack
About the author Jack O’Brien (John Sherman O’Brien) was a Canadian author. He wrote one book which counts as a horse story, and is better known for his dog stories, particularly his Silver Chief series. Royal Red was not actually completed by Jack O’Brien. When he died the story was partially complete, with manuscript notes…
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Perrin, Blanche Chenery
About the author Blanche Chenery Perrin wrote three horse books, and one book for early readers. Hundred Horse Farm is the sequel to Born to Race; Thudding Hooves is a standalone book. Blanche Chenery Perrin is probably best known as the mother of Noel Perrin, essayist and Professor at Dartmouth College. Both she and her…
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Raftery, Gerald
About the author Gerald Raftery was an author, poet and journalist. He contributed to Harper’s Magazine, and is probably best known now for being the author of the poem Apartment House, which seems to be a stalwart on many poetry syllabuses. Gerald Raftery wrote two horse books that I have been able to find: Snow…
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Randall, Janet
About the author Janet Randall (b.1919) wrote books both under her own name, and co-authored with her husband, credited as by “Bob and Jan Young”. Janet Randall was the daughter of a newspaper editor,and was born in the Mojave desert town of Lancaster, California. The family moved to suburban Los Angeles, but Janet was able…
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Reynolds, Marjorie
About the author Marjorie Reynolds was born in Rochester, New York, and before settling there, lived in France, England and Quebec. She married Major-General R C Reynolds, a retired British Army officer. The family were always interested in horses; they lived in the fox-hunting country of Genesee Valley, and spent their summers on Nantucket Island.…
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Reynolds, Pamela
About the author Pamela Reynolds wrote two horse books. She and her family (she had three children) owned three at the time her books were written, for whom they acted as “stable hands, grooms, and occasionally nursemaids.” Pamela Reynolds also painted, and worked at her local library in “a program designed to revive the art…