Category: North American Authors
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Neff, Priscilla Holton
About the author Priscilla Holton Neff wrote children’s early readers for Ginn. With Theodore Clymer, she wrote How It Is Nowadays, on teaching children to read. She also wrote children’s books for the confident reader, of which Little Miss Callie and Tressa’s Dream are two. Tressa’s Dream is her one horse book. It is highly…
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Nesbit, Troy
About the author Troy Nesbit was a pseudonym used by Franklin Folsom. Franklin Folsom graduated from the University of Colorado in 1928, and was a Rhodes Scholar. He became well known for his historical books, and had a particular interest in archaeology. He wrote non fiction titles with his wife, and under his own name…
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Newcomb, Covelle
About the author Covelle Newcomb (b.1908) wrote children’s books on historical figures. He (or indeed she – I’m not sure) specialised in American history once it became influenced by Europeans. Titles included works on Christopher Columbus and Cortez. As far as I can see, the author wrote just the one horse book, Silver Saddles, a…
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Newell, Martha Skinner
About the author Martha Skinner Newell was an American author active in the early years of the 20th century. She wrote two horse stories: Willie and His Circus Pony (1914) and Willie and His Pony in California (1915). Callie is a pony who is given to Willie after she breaks her leg, but he succeeds…
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Nielsen, Jean
About the author Jean Nielsen (b.1922) wrote several children’s books. The one horse book I have been able to track down is this one, The Phantom Palomino. I have not yet been able to find any biographical information on the author. If you know of any, please contact me. Finding the bookEasy to find in…
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Ryan, Pam Muñoz
About the author Pam Muñoz Ryan has written over 25 books, several of which have won awards. She was born and grew up in the San Joaquin Valley, California. She became hooked on books after she spent many hot summers in the local library, which was air-conditioned. After college she became a teacher, and then…
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Rood, Ronald
About the author Ronald Rood (1920–2001) was a Vermont author and naturalist. He was born in Connecticut, and served as a fighter pilot in World War II. After the war, he married and moved to Vermont, where he wrote over 30 books. These included the wonderfully titled May I Keep This Clam, Mother! It Followed…
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Rives, Amélie
About the author Amélie Rives’ Trix and Over-the-Moon is a very early American horse book, written in 1908. It’s not a story told by a horse, like Black Beauty; what it is in fact is a horse story with what came to be a traditional plot. In it, girl (or woman in this case) buys…
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Rinaldi, Ann
About the author Ann Rinaldi (b.1934) is best known for her historical fiction. She had a grim childhood. Her mother died when she was small, and she was sent to live with an aunt and uncle. Here she was happy, until her father remarried, and took her to live with him and her stepmother. Although…