Katherine Roberts won the Branford Boase Award in 2000 for her first children's book Song Quest. She has since written many books for children including I am the Great Horse, which was longlisted for the 2008 Carnegie Medal, as well as numerous fantasy and science fiction stories for adults. She worked with racehorses for 10 years and still enjoys riding for pleasure.

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• The Magic of the Unicorn • Horses of the Sun • Midnight Stables • Enbarr the Fairy Horse • The Wind Horse • Pegasus and the Chimera • The Rainbow Horses • The Golden Gringolet • Magical Horse Race.