Category: North American Authors
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Anderson, C W
About the author Clarence William Anderson (1891–1971) is not as well known as he should be in Britain. Some of his books were published in the UK in the early 1950s and 1960s (Hurricane Hill and Afraid to Ride) but they never appeared in paperback, and this is perhaps why they did not reach a…
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Bell, Thelma Harrington
About the author Thelma Harrington Bell was born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1896. She married Corydon Bell in 1921, and wrote several children’s books with him. A Dash of Pepper, is, as far as I know, the only horse book. Thelma Harrington Bell started her career as a copywriter, but worked as a freelance writer…
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Benedict, Dorothy Potter
About the author Dorothy Potter Benedict wrote three horse books, set in Montana, which together make up the Pagan series. The first book is about Pagan, and the next two about his sons. The third book, Susan Bourgeau told me, “reads more like a recruiting poster for the Army than a horse book…..the US was…
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Birch, Claire
About the author The Galloping Detective series by Claire Birch is now out of print, despite it being well received. Lucy Hill is a girl who wants to make horses her life’s work, hopefully as a professional rider, starting with working towards the Maclay medal. She doesn’t have a horse of her own, so has…
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Byars, Betsy
About the author Betsy Byars (1928–2020) was born in 1928, “the same year as bubble gum and Mickey Mouse…, a very good year for all three of us.” She lived in an aircraft hangar with her husband. They were both pilots, and the bottom of the house was a hangar so they could taxi out…
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Dorsey, Angela
About the author Angela Dorsey is a Canadian author, who now runs her own publishing company, Enchanted Pony Books. It publishes her own titles, now that her previous publisher, Stabenfeldt, has pulled out of the English language market. Angeal Dorsey first rode when she was three, when she scrambled on board a horse who was…
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Hall, Lynn
About the author Lynn Hall (b.1937) has written 81 books to date, for adults as well as children. Most of her stories contain animals in one form or another; particularly horses and dogs. I really like her work. I haven’t read many of her books yet, but I can highly recommend Ride a Dark Horse,…
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Holt, Stephen (Harlan Thompson)
About the author Harlan Thompson (1894–1987) also wrote as Stephen Holt, and under this name he produced several horse stories for Grosset and Dunlap’s Famous Horse Series. His books under both names are generally ranch stories. Finding the booksNone of the Stephen Holt titles were published in the UK either, but all are reasonably easy…
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Calvert, Patricia
About the author Patricia Calvert (date of birth uncertain but possibly 1931) spent the first years of her life living in a cabin in the Montana mountains with her family. Not only was her mother a vivid teller of tales about her own life, she also read to her children, and not just the standard…
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Cavanna, Betty
About the author Betty Cavanna (Elizabeth Allen Cavanna, 1901–2001) was born in New Jersey. She suffered polio as a child, but managed to overcome its effects with exercise and treatment. After going to the New Jersey College for Women to study journalism, she had a job as a reporter for the Bayonne Times from 1929–31.…