Happy 75th, Patricia Leitch! (Scottish writer of horse/fan..

Born in Paisley, she now lives in Dunoon, Argyll, Scotland.

From Contemporary Authors:

"I have always had a vivid imagination, being typical of the Jungian
category of introverted intuitive," writes Patricia Leitch. "I have
neither a visual nor an aural imagination. It is something else. Most
of my books are `pony books,' some are fantasies, but really they all
say the same thing--`Sin is Behovely, but all shall be well, and all
manner of thing shall be well."' Leitch adds she is "a vegetarian and
am enthused by the growing synthesis of Eastern and Western cultures."

From Wikipedia:

"The Jinny series marks a significant departure from the traditional
'tweedy' horse and pony stories aimed at middle-class children. Jinny
is a scruffy, willful, tom-boyish girl who doesn't have any social or
romantic aspirations. Serious social justice issues are raised
throughout the series, forcing Jinny to confront her own prejudices
and character faults.

"Underlying the series is a sense of predestination deriving from
Celtic mythology. Jinny is portrayed as a gifted or chosen child with
special and dangerous tasks to perform, guided by mysterious and
sometimes frightening characters such as the Red Horse (agent of the
Celtic Horse Goddess Epona) and the Walker. In this way it resembles
the Dark Is Rising sequence by Susan Cooper."


http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/l/patricia-leitch/
(booklist & covers)

http://www.bookandreader.com/forums/children-young-adults/6036-patrici...eitch.h
(two-page discussion of Leitch's books)

http://janebadgerbooks.proboards100.com/index.cgi?action=display&board...lk&thre
(about the real ponies and places her books are based on)

http://janebadgerbooks.co.uk/patleitch
(about the publishing history of the "Jinny" series)

Lenona.