Category: North American Authors
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Bauer, Marion Dane
About the author Marion Dane Bauer (b.1938) was born in the shadow of the Illinois cement mill where her father worked, and remembers her childhood as idyllic, though school became progressively more difficult. She was an isolated child. Life became easier as she matured, and she studied journalism and English; worked as a teacher and…
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Brennan, Caitlin (Judith Tarr)
About the author Judith Tarr (b.1955), who also writes under the pseudonyms Caitlin Brennan and Kathleen Bryan, writes historical novels and fantasy as well as a genre new to me, historical fantasy. In this, historical events are blended with the fantastic, and so in Devil’s Bargain, Richard the Lionheart is leading the Crusades against Saladin,…
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Beatty, Hetty Burlinghame
About the author Hetty Burlingame Beatty (1907–71) was initially a sculptor, who also wrote and illustrated children’s books. Her sculptures were exhibited nationally, and she won second prize at the International Exhibition of Horses in Sculpture in New York. She wrote several books for children, and eventually spent most of her time writing and illustrating…
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Beckman, Joan
About the author Joan Beckman (b.1926) is an author about whom I have as yet been able to find out very little. She wrote one horse book, Skylark Farm, which was illustrated by Pers Crowell. Finding the bookNot easy to find. It was not published in the UK. Links and sourcesNational Library of Congress…
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Berry, Barbara J
About the author Barbara J Berry wrote three horse books, as well as books on breeds: Standardbreds (1979), Thoroughbreds (1974), and a guide to owning your own horse. Her three horse books reflect these interests with two featuring Thoroughbreds. Finding the booksAll the books are easy to find in the USA. None were printed in…
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Bialk, Elisa
About the author Elisa Bialk (1912–90) was born and brought up in Chicago, Illinois, and was educated at the Northwestern University School of Journalism. She started writing early, and her articles had already appeared in newspapers and magazines by the time she was in high school. She married L Martin Krautter in 1934, and after…
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Birney, Hoffman
About the author Herman Hoffman Birney (1891–1958) was born in Philadelphia, and educated at Dickinson College, Penn. He served in the American Army, and after he left, became Deputy Chief of Reports and Publications in the Ballistics Department of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency. Under the name David Kent he wrote Westerns. He wrote horse…
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Blue, Wallace (Margaret P Kraenzel)
About the author Wallace Blue was a pseudonym used by Margaret P Kraenzel. I have not yet been able to find out any biographical information under either name. If anyone knows any, please let me know. Finding the booksReasonably easy to find in America. None were published in the UK. Sources and linksTerri A Wear:…
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Bothwell, Jean
About the author Jean Bothwell was a Nebraskan. She was a Methodist missionary, based in India, about which she wrote many books, including the two horse stories below. In all, she wrote over 50 books. After her missionary service, she settled in New York City. The Thirteenth Stone won the 1946 New York Herald Tribune…
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Bowen, Vernon
About the author Vernon Bowen (b.1905) wrote several children’s stories, amongst which is The Emperor’s White Horses, based on what really happened to the Spanish Riding School during World War II. He is an intriguing author. He also wrote an Encyclopaedia of Flying Saucers, which manuscript famously disappeared when submitted to the Air Force. Conspiracy…