02 April 2009 ~ 8 Comments

Posted in Uncategorized at 02 April 2009

Meet Gill Morrell!

Gill Morrell was born near London and grew up longing to ride, reading pony books and drawing ponies all the time. She didn’t actually learn to ride, however, till she was a student, when she went on a two week pony trekking holiday in Scotland that gave a lot of the inspiration for The Pony Vacation and The Pony Trek. As an adult, she has always lived in the country, now near the beautiful city of Bath, and took up riding again when her three children started lessons at a local stable.

Although she doesn’t own a horse, she’s had a series of cats and dogs; the latest are an elegant tortoiseshell called Daisy and a galumphing Old English Sheepdog, Paddy. She divides her time between writing, teaching adults to speak English and directing plays in Bath, and she’s always on the lookout for interesting stories about horses to include in her next book.

Gill’s now working on an adult novel and planning a new series of pony books for next year to follow on from Jess’s adventures!

8 Responses to “Meet Gill Morrell!”

  1. Abbie the Horse Lover 29 June 2010 at 9:39 pm Permalink

    i love (and own) the book pony trek!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it is sooo awesome!

  2. Horse sense 4 July 2010 at 4:20 pm Permalink

    I can’t wait for more books about Jess, I hope there coming soon!!!!!!! :)

  3. Rachel 14 August 2010 at 9:27 pm Permalink

    i started off reading THE PONY TREK and THE PONY WINTER without reading THE PONY VACATION; it’s my favorite series ever from Pony!

  4. Appaloosa Girl 1 November 2010 at 9:56 pm Permalink

    i have all the books except for the pony winter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they are excillent!

  5. hay71701 4 February 2011 at 8:21 pm Permalink

    those books are awesome!

  6. pennielover 15 April 2011 at 4:16 pm Permalink

    Pony Trek and I am reading Pony Winter! I’m not in order though! I love those books!!!! <3

  7. Horsey Girl 14 September 2011 at 8:18 pm Permalink

    I have read and loved all of Gill Morrell’s Pony Vacation books and they just seem to get better and better with each new one. They are some of my favorite books from Pony!

  8. Ilovemypony 16 September 2011 at 5:47 pm Permalink

    I love all her pony books. They are so exciting and interesting. I loooooooove them oh so much. I don’t have Pony Winter though.

    Ilovemypony


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