Category: North American Authors
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Hanson, June Andrea
About the author I’ve not as yet been able to find any biographical information on this author, who wrote two books set on a Montana ranch, featuring just-turned-teenage heroine, Janey. Finding the booksVery easy to find in their native America, but not published in the UK. Links and sourcesNational Library of Congress Series JaneySummer…
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Harris, Mark Jonathan
About the author Mark Jonathan Harris, born in 1941, is a writer and film maker. His non fiction writing centres around World War WW and its aftermath; his fiction has (so far) been written for children. One of his books is horse based. The Last Run, the story of a teenage boy who is forced…
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Hogan, Inez
About the author Inez Hogan (1895–1973) wrote and illustrated many children’s books, including the Twins series of picture books about a wide range of animals. Two of the series feature equines: Mule Twins and the later Twin Colts. Twin Colts is set in America; if you object to “I eber done see” type dialogue from…
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Hogner, Dorothy Childs
About the author Dorothy Childs lived in Connecticut most of her life, though she studied at the University of New Mexico (where she met her husband, Nils Hogner) and the New York School of Fine and Applied Arts. She married Nils Hogner in 1932, and the two worked on many books together. He illustrated most…
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Hogner, Nils
About the author Nils Hogner (1893–1970) was educated at the Rhodes Academy, the Royal Academy of Arts, the Boston School of Painting and the School of the Museum of Fine Art. He was first married in the 1920s to a Navajo, Teckla, and they ran a trading post in New Mexico. After their divorce, Hogner…
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Holland, Isabelle
About the author Isabelle Holland (1920–2002) wrote widely for both children and adults. She was born in Basel, Switzerland. Her father was a US Foreign Service Officer, but Isabelle did not live in America until 1942. She was educated in England, where at the age of 13, she won a story competition in the magazine…
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Hooker, Forrestine Cooper
About the author Forrestine Cooper Hooker (1867–1932) was the daughter of Charles Lawrence Cooper, a white lieutenant serving with the black 10th Cavalry. Forrestine grew up in the army, living in the army posts in which her father served in Fort Sill, Texas, Kansas and Arizona. She wrote nine books for children, of which Star,…
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Hoppe, Joanne
About the author Joanne Hoppe grew up in Maine and was educated in the theatrical arts. She toured Europe in various plays, and began her writing career by composing questions for the Johnny Carson daytime quiz show Who Do You Trust? She and her husband lived in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, where she was senior English…
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Hovde, Jeanne
About the author Jeanne Hovde wrote Bobcat, Danger in the Forest and Winter of the White Tail Buck, all of which I believe are Christian animal adventures for children. She wrote one horse book, which appears to have been published under two titles at the same time in its native USA: A Horse for Cassie…
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Hubler, Marsha
About the author Marsha Hubler is a Christian author and speaker. She is a homeschooling consultant, and with her husband, has fostered children for many years. Her books reflect her faith and her experience with children; her Keystone Stables series has as its heroine Skye, a veteran of failed foster placement after failed foster placement.…