Malin Stehn

Swedish author who has written three children's series and a humourous book for adults. Born in Boden, Sweden in 1969.

As a child she was not really horsy and was in fact a little afraid of them. However, just like Sophie in her book You and Me Speedy, when she moved to a town where there were more horses than people (one of Sweden's major trotting centres) she was forced to get to know them! Now she is a big horse fan and occasionally rides. Her two horse stories unusually feature trotters, inspired she says by living next door to one of Sweden's biggest trotter trainers!

Although not horse-mad as a child, Malin did love reading and writing from an early age. She worked as an editor before trying her hand at penning her own novels.

The author has her own website. It is in Swedish but can be translated by google.

Sources: Interview with Malin Stehn on the Stabenfeldt/Pony website

Humleby Farm Series:

In Swedish and English language:

1) DU OCH JAG  SPEEDY
aka YOU AND ME SPEEDY
((STABENFELDT/PONY [SWEDEN/USA] 2009)
SUMMARY: Sofie is depressed when she finds out her family plans to move back to Sweden after ten years in London. She does not want to swap the exciting bustle of the metropolis for dull country life. Even worse, there are more horses than people in the village of Humleby where her family have settled and she's always been afraid of horses. But then she meets the trotter Speedy Legend, another newcomer like her, and she feels herself drawn to the beautiful chestnut. Could she turn horsy after all?

2) MÅSTE SOFIE VÄLJA?
aka WILL SOFIE HAVE TO CHOOSE?
(STABENFELDT/PONY [SWEDEN/USA] 2009)
SUMMARY: Now Sofie spends time with gorgeous trotter Speedy Legend and has a job at Humleby Farm, she no longer misses city life, but she does miss her best friend Jojo who still lives back in her old home town of London. Why hasn't Jojo kept in touch? Could it have something to do with Sofie's new interest in horses? After all, the pair of them used to make jokes about people who liked horses! Sofie fears she'll have to choose between Speedy and her best friend….

In Swedish language only:

3) VILKET HÄSTJOBB!
(STABENFELDT/PONY 2009)

4) HÄST TILL SALU
(STABENFELDT/PONY 2009)

Collector's info:
The first two books in the series have been published in English language as well as Swedish. The other two as yet only in Swedish, though English language editions will probably follow soon. Books 1 and 2 are reasonably easy to find in the USA (and of course Sweden), but quite hard to get hold of elsewhere.