Muriel Wace
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Golden Gorse (1881-1968).
Muriel Wace was an English children's book author known by the pseudonym Golden Gorse.
Among her works was the popular Moorland Mousie (1929) (illustrated by Lionel Edwards
), the story of an Exmoor Pony
, believed to be strongly influenced by Anna Sewell
's Black Beauty
. Wace carefully maintained her anonymity, and did not allow her publishers to disseminate any biographical information about her. She wrote four fictional books about ponies, in addition to highly-regarded instruction manuals.
Muriel Wace was an English children's book author known by the pseudonym Golden Gorse.
Among her works was the popular Moorland Mousie (1929) (illustrated by Lionel Edwards
Lionel Edwards
Lionel Edwards was a British artist who specialized in painting horses and other aspects of British country life. He is best known for his hunting scenes but also painted pictures of horse racing, shooting and fishing...
), the story of an Exmoor Pony
Exmoor pony
The Exmoor pony is a horse breed native to the British Isles, where some still roam as semi-feral livestock on Exmoor, a large area of moorland in Devon and Somerset in southwest England. The Exmoor is one of the British Isles mountain and moorland pony breeds, having conformation similar to that...
, believed to be strongly influenced by Anna Sewell
Anna Sewell
Anna Sewell was an English novelist, best known as the author of the classic novel Black Beauty.-Biography:Anna Mary Sewell was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England into a devoutly Quaker family...
's Black Beauty
Black Beauty
Black Beauty is an 1877 novel by English author Anna Sewell. It was composed in the last years of her life, during which she remained in her house as an invalid. The novel became an immediate bestseller, with Sewell dying just five months after its publication, long enough to see her first and only...
. Wace carefully maintained her anonymity, and did not allow her publishers to disseminate any biographical information about her. She wrote four fictional books about ponies, in addition to highly-regarded instruction manuals.