Category: North American Authors
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Beatty, Patricia
About the author Patricia Beatty (1922–1991) was brought up near the Quillayute Reservation, where she learned much about their culture and history. Her first book The Indian Canoemaker, 1953, was co-written with her husband John, Professor of History at the University of California Riverside. Together, they wrote eleven books, though Patricia wrote many more under…
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Bechdolt, Jack
About the author Jack Bechdolt (John Ernest Bechdolt, 1884–1954) was a prolific writer for children, who wrote around 6,000 short stories for children. He also wrote many children’s books, concentrating on stories for boys like The Modern Handy Book for Boys, and Motion Pictures Any Boy Can Make. He was versatile; he wrote science fiction,…
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Beer, Kathleen Costello
About the author Kathleen Costello Beer (1927–2001) was an artist and author. She was born in Baltimore, and competed successfully in top equestrian events. She taught art, and painted. She founded the Beresford Gallery, and wrote two books, one of which, Bumble and Me, is a horse story. Finding the bookCan be tricky, but the…
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Benson, Linda
About the author Books were important to author Linda Benson when she was growing up. She read everything she could get hold of, but particularly horse books. Marguerite Henry, Walter Farley; horse books from the library – she read the lot. She’s always been surrounded by animals, and they’ve stayed around in her stories too.…
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Berry, Erick
About the author Erick Berry (1892–1974) was a pseudonym used by Allena Chapman. She was born in Albany, New York and studied art at the Eric Pape School in Boston and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. After working as a commercial artist, she went to further her studies in Paris, and then travelled in…
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Agle, Nan Hayden
About the author Nan Hayden Agle (1905–2006) spent her early years on the family farm, Nancy’s Fancy. Many of the animals there found their way into her later books. She was inspired by a high school English teacher: inspired to aspire, at any rate, as this particular English teacher was so unimpressed with one of…
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Alsopp, Reese Fell
About the author I haven’t found any definite information about the author (yet), save for the tantalising fact that Mary O’Hara, of My Friend Flicka fame, had a father with that name. The author on this page of course could be someone else entirely. Finding the booksThe Paul Brown illustrations makes the books expensive. George…