Bonnie Bryant

American author. Born in New York.

Despite a lack of equestrian knowledge (which she actually acquired whilst writing the books), Bonnie Bryant was commissioned to write a horsy series about teenage girls. This was to become the longest pony series of all time: the Saddle Club. Most of the books, apart from the earlier ones were actually written by ghostwriters. The adventures of the Saddle Club characters  were then continued for an older readership with the Pine Hollow series. Ms. Bryant also wrote a series for younger readers called Pony Tails. I am not sure if any of these two series were ghost-written, but I would hazard a guess that they were.

As well as these pony series she has also written novels and films under her married name of Bonnie Bryant Hiller.

Not surprisingly there is a lot of information on the author on the internet and I have included various links. Because of the exhaustive nature of the list of titles Ms. Bryant has written I will not be including pictures and summaries of all the books! These however can be found by following the suggested links.


Saddle Club Series:
Extremely long American series about a group of teenage girls: Carole, Stevie and Lisa, and their horsy adventures. Due to time constraints I have not included a summary or pic of each of the books, but you can access these from this website

The series was also made into a TV show

ALL PUBLISHED BY BANTAM IN PAPERBACK

Main series:

#1 Horse Crazy
#2 Horse Shy
#3 Horse Sense
#4 Horse Power
#5 Trail Mates
#6 Dude Ranch
#7 Horse Play
#8 Horse Show
#9 Hoof Beat
#10 Riding Camp
#11 Horse Wise
#12 Rodeo Rider
#13 Starlight Christmas
#14 Sea Horse
#15 Team Play
#16 Horse Games
#17 Horsenapped
#18 Pack Trip
#19 Star Rider
#20 Snow Ride
#21 Race Horse
#22 Fox Hunt
#23 Horse Trouble
#24 Ghost Rider
#25 Show Horse
#26 Beach Ride
#27 Bridle Path
#28 Stable Manners
#29 Ranch Hands
#30 Autumn Trail
#31 Hay Ride
#32 Chocolate Horse
#33 High Horse
#34 Hay Fever
#35 Horse Tale
#36 Riding Lesson
#37 Stagecoach
#38 Horse Trade
#39 Purebred
#40 Gift Horse
#41 Stable Witch
#42 Saddlebags
#43 Photo Finish
#44 Horseshoe
#45 Stable Groom
#46 Flying Horse
#47 Horse Magic
#48 Mystery Ride
#49 Stable Farewell
#50 Yankee Swap
#51 Pleasure Horse
#52 Riding Class
#53 Horse Sitters
#54 Gold Medal Rider
#55 Gold Medal Horse
#56 Cutting Horse
#57 Tight Rein
#58 Wild Horses
#59 Phanton Horse
#60 Hobbyhorse
#61 Broken Horse
#62 Horse Blues
#63 Stable Hearts
#64 Horse Capades
#65 Silver Stirrups
#66 Saddle Sore
#67 Summer Horse
#68 Summer Rider
#69 Endurance Ride
#70 Horse Race
#71 Horse Talk
#72 Holiday Horse
#73 Horse Guest
#74 Horse Whispers
#75 Painted Horse
#76 Horse Care
#77 Rocking Horse
#78 Horseflies
#79 English Horse
#80 English Rider
#81 Wagon Trail
#82 Quarter Horse
#83 Horse Thief
#84 Schooling Horse
#85 Horse Fever
#86 Secret Horse
#87 Show Jumper
#88 Sidesaddle
#89 Lucky Horse
#90 Driving Team
#91 The Starting Gate
#92 Million-Dollar Horse
#93 Horse Love
#94 Horse Spy
#95 Show Judge
#96 New Rider
#97 Hard Hat
#98 Horse Feathers
#99 Trail Ride
#100 The Stray Horse
#101 Best Friends

Other editions:

Super Edition 1 A Summer Without Horses
Super Edition 2 The Secret of the Stallion
Super Edition 3 Western Star
Super Edition 4 Dream Horse
Super Edition 5 Before they Rode Horses
Super Edition 6 Nightmare
Super Edition 7 Christmas Treasure
Carole - The Inside Story
Lisa - The Inside Story
Stevie - The Inside Story
The Saddle Club Super Edition (Omnibus) Includes: Horse Crazy, Horse Shy, Horse Sense

Collectors info:
All paperbacks. Were published both in the USA and UK and reprinted in a number of different editions with both pictorial and photo covers. Most are easily found, although some of the later titles and the special editions may be a bit harder to come by. There is also an omnibus edition containing the first three books in the series. This is very easy to find.

Pine Hollow Series:

The adventures of the three girls continue now that they are older, and the series is aimed at an older teenage readership

More on the series at this website

Also pics of the books/summaries can be found here

ALL PUBLISHED BY BANTAM IN PAPERBACK.

1) The Long Ride
2) The Trail Home
3) Reining In
4) Changing Leads
5) Conformation Faults
6) Shying At Trouble
7) Penalty Points
8) Course of Action
9) Riding to Win
10) Ground Training
11) Cross Ties
12) Back In The Saddle
13) High Stakes
14) Setting the Pace
15) Track Record
16) Full Gallop

Collectors info:
A little harder to find than the Saddle Club series, although not exceptionally so. All paperbacks. As far as I know, no omnibus or special editions were published.

Pony Tails Series:

Pony series aimed at younger readers than the other books Like the Saddle Club it focuses on the horsy adventures of three girls - Corey, Jasmine and May - although they are a younger age.

ALL PUBLISHED BY BANTAM PB

Pics of all the books/summaries can be found here

Main Series:

1) Pony Crazy
2) May's Riding Lesson
3) Corey's Pony is Missing 
4) Jasmine's Christmas Ride   
5) May Takes the Lead 
6) Corey in the Saddle
7) Jasmine Trots Ahead   
8) May Rides a New Pony   
9) Corey and the Spooky Pony 
10) Jasmine Helps a Foal   
11) May Goes to England
12) Corey's Secret Friend 
13) Jasmine's First Horse Show
14) May's Runaway Ride
15) Corey's Christmas Wish 
16) Jasmine and the Jumping Pony

Other editions:

Pony Tails Collection: includes Pony Crazy, May's Riding Lesson, Corey's Pony Is Missing

Pony Tails Collection: Jasmine's Christmas Ride, May Takes the Lead, Corey in the Saddle

Collectors info:
All paperbacks. Again, fairly easy to find. There were two omnibus editions which contain the first 6 titles in the series.