Category: North American Authors
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Saxon, Nancy
About the author Nancy Saxon (Nancy Lee Rogers) grew up in the South, and went to Salem College, North Carolina, and Barnard College in New York City. She met her husband, Charles Saxon, when he was training to be a pilot in her home town. They had three children. Charles Saxon (1920–88) was a staff…
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Doty, Jean Slaughter
About the author Jean Slaughter Doty (1929–91) was an excellent writer, and her books are well worth seeking out. She was born in New York, and in the 1950s, co-produced and wrote The Adventures of Danne Dee, a children’s programme. She was married to the cartoonist Roy Doty, and lived in Connecticut with her husband,…
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Smith, Eunice Young
About the author Eunice Young Smith lived in Indiana, and was a full time writer. She wrote a series of children’s books about Jennifer, whose parents moved from the city to an American Mid West Farm. The books are set during the early part of the 20th century, and were translated into many languages. Just…
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Stanford, Don
About the author Don Stanford, like William Corbin, was a prolific author who wrote very few pony books. His Horsemasters, though, has remained popular for 50 years, and is much sought after. Aimed at older readers, it is the story of two girls who are taking their British Horse Society Horsemasters certificate. The BHS does…
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Sykes, Jo
About the author Jo Sykes was born in American Falls, Idaho, and lived near Livingston, Montana. She bought her first horse in her teens, and worked as a ranch hand on and off for ten years. Anything which had to be done on the ranch, she did. She also managed to attend college, going to…
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Waldeck, Theodore, J
About the author Theodore J Waldeck (b.1894) was best known as an explorer. At the age of 18, he accompanied the Duke of Mecklenberg on his 1912 expedition to East Africa. In 1924, Waldeck returned to Africa. His works reflect his early interest in exploration, being mostly African and South American jungle stories. He wrote…
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Walker, Diana
About the author Diana Walker wrote children’s books, amongst which are these two horse books. Mother Wants a Horse is the sequel to Year of the Horse. Finding the books: neither title was published in the UK, and both are easily available in the US. Series Joanna seriesYear of the HorseMother Wants a Horse…
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Walters, Helen B
About the author Helen B Walters was born in Porterage, Wisconsin, and had two children. She wrote several non fiction children’s books on scientists and historical figures, and as far as I know, just the one horse book. Finding the bookPonies for a King is reasonably easy to find in the USA, and not expensive.…
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Wehren, Kate
About the author Kate Wehren wrote two horse books. I assume (not having read either) that they are about the same Penny! I’d love more information on these titles, so if you have information on the author or the books, please contact me. Finding the booksBoth books are reasonably easy to find. Links and sourcesMany…
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Whitney, Kim Ablon
About the author Kim Ablon Whitney lives with her husband, sons and greyhound in Newton, Massachusetts. She went to Tufts University, and also has an M.F.A. in creative writing from Emerson College. She is a member of the PEN New England Children’s Book Caucus. (UK readers will probably know that Josephine Pullein-Thompson did much work…