Out of the Valley of Horses

Award-winning author Wendy Orr was born in Edmonton, Alberta. The daughter of an Air Force pilot, she has since lived around the world, including several years in Colorado, France, and England. She now lives in Melbourne, Australia, but returns to North America yearly to visit her family. Wendy's many books for children have been published in 27 countries and won awards around the world. Prominent among them is Nim's Island, which was made into the 2008 film of the same name; a 2013 sequel, Return to Nim's Island, was loosely based on Orr's book, Nim at Sea. Orr's 2017 novel, Dragonfly Song, is a Junior Library Guild Selection and a Kirkus Best Middle-Grade Books selection. Its 2018 companion, Swallow's Dance, earned three starred reviews and was a USBBY Outstanding International Book and a School Library Journal Best Middle Grade Book. Her final book in the series, Cuckoo's Flight (2021), earned high praise and is a Junior Library Guild Selection.