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Kathleen Wendy Herald Peyton, who writes as K.M. Peyton (born 2 August 1929, Birmingham, England), is a British author.

She has written more than fifty novels, including the much loved Flambards and its sequels for which she won both the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Award. In 1979 these were made into a 13 part television series, Flambards, which starred Christine McKenna as the novels' heroine Christina Parsons.

She began writing when she was nine, first publishing when she was fifteen under her maiden name of Kathleen Herald; she 'never decided to become a writer...[she]...just was one'. Though she couldn't own a horse (she grew up in London), she was obsessed with them: all her early books are about girls who have ponies. After school, she went to Kingston Art School then Manchester Art School. There she met another student, Mike Peyton (an ex-serviceman who had been a prisoner of war), who shared her love of walking in the Pennines. They married when she was twenty-one and went travelling around Europe.

When they returned to Britain, Peyton completed a teaching diploma. However, after the birth of her second daughter, she turned to writing full-time: mostly boy's adventure stories which she sold in serialised form to The Scout magazine, and then published in full. This was when Peyton began writing under K.M. Peyton: the 'M' was her husband Mike who helped create the plots.

The Peytons loved sailing, and her first books were on that subject; soon, however, she returned to her 'first love', horses, and began to write what became the Flambards series. When Peyton became involved with horse racing, she used those experiences as further inspiration for writing.

Fidra Books has reissued Fly-By-Night and its sequel, The Team. Oxford University Press, Usborne Publishing and David Fickling Books also publish her work.

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Total Books: 127
Flambards Divided
2015 - Flambards Divided (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780192739025
ISBN-10: 0192739026
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A Midsummer Night's Death
2014 - A Midsummer Night's Death [Jonathan Meredith, Bk 2] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781782951179
ISBN-10: 1782951172
Genre: Teen & Young Adult
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The Edge of the Cloud
2014 - The Edge of the Cloud (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780192736352
ISBN-10: 0192736353
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Flambards
2014 - Flambards (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette
ISBN-13: 9780192736376
ISBN-10: 019273637X
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A Pattern of Roses
2013 - A Pattern of Roses (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781782951049
ISBN-10: 1782951040
Genre: Teen & Young Adult
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The Beethoven Medal
2013 - The Beethoven Medal (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781782951100
ISBN-10: 1782951105
Genre: Teen & Young Adult
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No Turning Back
2013 - No Turning Back [Roman Pony Trilogy] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780794531485
ISBN-10: 0794531482
Genre: Children's Books
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Minna's Quest Internet Referenced
2013 - Minna's Quest Internet Referenced [Roman Pony Trilogy] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780794531430
ISBN-10: 0794531431
Genre: Children's Books
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Snowfall
2012 - Snowfall (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781407121741
ISBN-10: 140712174X
Genre: Teen & Young Adult
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Blind Beauty
2011 - Blind Beauty (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette
ISBN-13: 9781407124308
ISBN-10: 1407124307
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Paradise House
2011 - Paradise House (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781407116648
ISBN-10: 1407116649
Genre: Teen & Young Adult
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Blue Skies  Gunfire
2008 - Blue Skies Gunfire [Definitions] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781862301573
ISBN-10: 1862301573
Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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FlybyNight
2007 - Flybynight [Ruth Hollis, Bk 1] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780955191091
ISBN-10: 0955191092
Genre: Children's Books
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Snowfall
2006 - Snowfall (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780618737420
ISBN-10: 0618737421
Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
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Greater Gains
2006 - Greater Gains [Definitions] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780099472971
ISBN-10: 009947297X
Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult
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The Last Ditch
2006 - The Last Ditch [Ulverscroft General Fiction] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781846172946
ISBN-10: 1846172942
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Blind Beauty
2005 - Blind Beauty (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette
ISBN-13: 9780142403518
ISBN-10: 0142403512
Genre: Children's Books
  • Currently 4.9/5 Stars.
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Stealaway
2004 - Stealaway (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780812627220
ISBN-10: 0812627229
Genre: Children's Books
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Blind Beauty Library Edition
2004 - Blind Beauty Library Edition (Audio CD)
ISBN-13: 9781740933926
ISBN-10: 1740933923
Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult, Children's Fiction
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Small Gains
2004 - Small Gains (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780099443872
ISBN-10: 0099443872
Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult
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No Roses Round the Door
2004 - No Roses Round the Door (Hardcover)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781843951919
ISBN-10: 1843951916
Genres: Romance, Large Print
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2000 - If I Ever Marry [aka The Beethoven Medal] (Paperback)
1999 - Mein Pony Sturmvogel [Fly-by-Night - Ruth Hollis, Bk 1 - German Edition] (Other)
1980 - The Maplin Bird [Gregg Press children's literature series] (Other)
1979 - Prove Yourself a Hero [Peacock Books] (Paperback)
1976 - So Once Was I [aka A Pattern of Roses] (Paperback)
1973 - A Pattern of Roses [aka So Once was I] (Hardcover)Paperback
1970 - Stormcock Meets Trouble [Seagull Lib.] (Hardcover)
Edge of the Cloud [Puffin books] (Paperback)