Caroline Akrill
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Caroline Akrill writes children's pony books. Unlike many examples of the genre, Akrill's books are often very funny, like Akrill herself: “It is,” she wrote “perfectly possible to make a career out of misadventure and ineptitude.”[1] Her Eventer’s Trilogy is one of the best selling pony book series of recent times, selling over 70,000 copies.[2]
Akrill wrote for Pony Magazine: in 1974 the editor, Michael Williams, suggested that a serial she wrote -called I'd Rather Not Gallop- could be published as a full length book.[3] I'd Rather Not Gallop eventually became the first in a trilogy. These were followed with her Eventing series, then her only non-humorous book, Flying Changes, which is much darker. Her last trilogy was Silver Bridle.
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[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Eventing Trilogy
- A Hoof In The Door
- Eventer's Dream
- Ticket To Ride
[edit] Stars Trilogy
- Catch A Falling Star
- Make Me A Star
- Stars Don't Cry
This was combined into a single volume in 1993 entitled The Silver Bridle.
[edit] Other books
- Caroline Canters Home
- Flying Changes
- I'd Rather Not Gallop
- If I Could Ride
- Not Quite A Horsewoman
- Road Safety Workbook for Young Riders (non fiction)
- Showing the Ridden Pony (non fiction)
[edit] References
Badger, J. Interview with Caroline Akrill at http://janebadgerbooks.co.uk/akrill.
