Bonnie Bryant

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American author of children's books. She is best known for creating the intermediate horse book series The Saddle Club, which was published from October 1988 until April 2001. The Saddle Club chronicled the adventures of thirteen-year-old Lisa Atwood and twelve-year-olds Stephanie "Stevie" Lake and Carole Hanson. The series was static in time; the girls never aged in 101 books, 7 special editions, and 3 Inside Stories.

Bonnie Bryant also wrote two spin-off series: Pony Tails, aimed at beginning readers, and Pine Hollow, aimed at teenage readers. The 16 Pony Tails books followed the lives of eight-year-olds May Grover, Corey Takamura, and Jasmine James. Pine Hollow featured Carole, Lisa, Stevie, and their new friends in a series set four year...more American author of children's books. She is best known for creating the intermediate horse book series The Saddle Club, which was published from October 1988 until April 2001. The Saddle Club chronicled the adventures of thirteen-year-old Lisa Atwood and twelve-year-olds Stephanie "Stevie" Lake and Carole Hanson. The series was static in time; the girls never aged in 101 books, 7 special editions, and 3 Inside Stories.

Bonnie Bryant also wrote two spin-off series: Pony Tails, aimed at beginning readers, and Pine Hollow, aimed at teenage readers. The 16 Pony Tails books followed the lives of eight-year-olds May Grover, Corey Takamura, and Jasmine James. Pine Hollow featured Carole, Lisa, Stevie, and their new friends in a series set four years after The Saddle Club. Unlike The Saddle Club, Pine Hollow conformed to a realistic timeline. The 17 books took place over the span of less than a year. Later a television show called The Saddle Club, based on the books, was filmed in Australia.

Bonnie Bryant wrote at least 38 The Saddle Club books and 2 Pine Hollow books herself; after that they were taken over by a team of ghostwriters, a common practice in long-running children's book series. Ghostwriters for the Saddle Club and Pine Hollow books included Caitlin Macy (sometimes credited as Caitlin C. Macy), Catherine Hapka, Sallie Bissell, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, Helen Geraghty, Tina deVaron, Cat Johnston, Minna Jung, and Sheila Prescott-Vessey.

Bonnie Bryant is also the author of many novelizations of movies, including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Karate Kid, and Honey, I Blew Up the Kid, written under her married name, B.B. Hiller. She also collaborated in the ghostwriting of The Baby-sitters Club Super Special #14: BSC in the USA, published under the name of its creator, Ann M. Martin.

Bonnie Bryant was born and raised in New York City. She met her husband, Neil W. Hiller, in college, where they both worked on the campus newspaper. They had two sons, Emmons Hiller and Andrew Hiller. Neil Hiller died in 1989. Many of Bonnie's books are dedicated to him.
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Bonnie Bryant's Books

Average rating: 3.63 · 15,514 ratings · 245 reviews · 189 distinct works · Similar authors

	Horse Crazy (Saddle Club, #1) 3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 1,281 ratings — published 1988 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Horse Shy (Saddle Club, #2) 3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 575 ratings — published 1988 — 15 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Horse Sense (Saddle Club, #3) 3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 486 ratings — published 1988 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Horse Power (Saddle Club, #4) 3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 449 ratings — published 1988 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dude Ranch (Saddle Club, #6) 3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 375 ratings — published 1989 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trail Mates (Saddle Club, #5) 3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 304 ratings — published 1989 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Starlight Christmas (Saddle Club, #13) 3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 265 ratings — published 1990 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Horse Show (Saddle Club, #8) 3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 265 ratings — published 1989 — 14 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Riding Camp (Saddle Club, #10) 3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 246 ratings — published 1990 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Horse Play (Saddle Club, #7) 3.52 of 5 stars 3.52 avg rating — 242 ratings — published 1989 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Bonnie Bryant

Saddle Club (101 books)
by Bonnie Bryant
3.615814515519976 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 13,241 ratings

Pine Hollow (17 books)
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3.7694736842105265 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 950 ratings

Saddle Club Super Edition (7 books)
by Bonnie Bryant
3.745068285280728 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 659 ratings

Pony Tails (16 books)
by Bonnie Bryant
3.63265306122449 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 343 ratings

Saddle Club Inside Stories (3 books)
by Bonnie Bryant
3.694267515923567 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 157 ratings

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“Saddle Club Forever!" Stevie, Carole, and Lisa said.”
― Bonnie Bryant, Horse Crazy

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