Category: North American Authors
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Alter, Judy
About the author Judy Alter (b.1938) published her first book, After Pa Was Shot, in 1978, and since then has written for both adults and children. Many of her books are on Western themes, and she has written several books on rodeos. She has a “lifelong interest in the lives of women in the American…
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Armstrong, Matt
About the author Matt Armstrong was a Canadian writer. As far as I am aware, he wrote just the one book. He also contributed a short story to Teenage Horse Stories, which is probably an extract from Turtle River Filly. Illinois Ideals gives the book the following rather scathing review: A trite horse story in…
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Arundel, Jocelyn
About the author Jocelyn Arundel wrote several children’s books, many of which are based in Africa, and reflect her interest in preserving the wildlife there. Two of her horse books were set in the Bahamas, and feature the wild horses there. These horses are, sadly, now on the brink of extinction. Finding the booksDugan and…
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Bailey, Jean
About the author Jean Bailey (1904–92) was born in Kansas. She was a teacher and a librarian, and wrote several children’s books. During World War II she served as a lieutenant in the Waves. Cherokee Bill won the William Allen White Children’s Book Prize in 1955. Finding the bookThe book is very easy to find.…
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Bowden, Joan Chase
About the author Joan Bowden (Joan Chase Bowden, b.1925) was born in London, and lived in the United States from 1960. She was a prolific author, with over sixty books to her name. Under the name Kathryn Kenny, she was responsible (as were several others) for titles in the long running Trixie Belden series. A…
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Jenks, Tudor
About the author Tudor Jenks (1857–1922) was an American author and poet. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was educated at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, Yale University, and Columbia Law School. After this, he went to Paris to study art. He practised law, but combined this with writing. He wrote over 100 books, mostly…
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Baird, Leslie
About the author Leslie Baird (b.1950) wrote just one book, as far as I am aware: Tic-Tac, about Terry’s attempts to learn to ride. Finding the bookReasonably easy to find, but can be on the pricey side. Links and sourcesTerri A Wear: Horse Stories, an Annotated Bibliography, Scarecrow Press, 1987 Bibliography (horse books only)…
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Baker, Karen Lee
About the author Karen Lee Baker writes (and I think illustrates) children’s picture books. I’ve only found one which is a horse book, but it is a charmer. It’s beautifully illustrated and doesn’t patronise either child or parent. Finding the bookStill in print, and easy to find secondhand both in the UK and USA. Links…
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Baker, Laura Nelson
About the author Laura Nelson Baker (1911–2003) was born in Iowa, and studied at the University of Minnesota from 1929 to 1931. After university, she worked as a journalist, and then as the supervisor of the manuscript reading room at the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley until 1957. Her writing career then took off,…
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Balch, Glenn
About the author Glenn Balch (1902–1989) was born in Texas. His books were about ranching, horses and outdoor life, all of which he had experienced in his youth. His first ambition was to work outdoors, and he managed to find a job as a fire guard in the Forest Service, this being more secure than…