Walter Farley

Walter Farley (26 June 1915 in Syracuse, New York – 16 October 1989 in Sarasota, Florida) was an American author, primarily of horse stories for children. Educated at Columbia, where he received a B.A. in 1941, his first and most famous work was The Black Stallion (1941). He wrote many sequels, and the series has been continued since his death by his son Steven.