Marguerite Henry

Marguerite Henry ('''' Breithaupt; April 13, 1902 – November 26, 1997) was an American writer of children's books, writing fifty-nine books based on true stories of horses and other animals. She won the Newbery Medal for ''King of the Wind'', a 1948 book about horses, and she was a runner-up for two others. One of the latter, ''Misty of Chincoteague'' (1947), was the basis for several related titles and the 1961 movie ''Misty''. Provided by Wikipedia