Carrie Seim (she/her) is the author of acclaimed novel Horse Girl (now translated into four languages), its standalone sequel Horse Camp, and bestselling adventure series The Flying Flamingo Sisters (hailed by the New York Times as a Best Audiobook for Road Trips with Kids). She grew up in Nebraska and has served as a staff writer for Nickelodeon and YouTube. She's also contributed to the New York Times, the Atlantic, Cosmopolitan, the New York Post, McSweeney's, and Architectural Digest. You can hear her voice in audiobooks, animated series, and commercials-where she's played everything from an evil robot to a sassy pickle. Learn more at carrieseim.com.
""Horse lovers will appreciate the equine activities and details (including plentiful informative footnotes), mystery fans will enjoy the solid plot and fast pace, and those who like realistic fiction will love the friend drama and Willa’s crush on fellow camper Pasquale. A fun, breezy, and enthusiastically punctuated camp mystery for readers who devour horse stories."" —Kirkus Reviews Praise for the Horse Girl series: ""A fun story of fitting in, [with a] relatable preteen voice and storyline."" —School Library Journal ""Enjoyable, relatable, humorous, fact-filled and all the potential to become a modern-day horsey classic!"" —Horse Nation “A book of exceptional wit and heart, a rare and dangerous combination. Seim clears every jump with grace.”—Matthew Aldrich, screenwriter of Disney/Pixar’s Coco “Perfectly captures what it means to be a true ‘HORSE GIRL’ circa-now—and always.”—Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times staff reporter, and author of Horse Crazy: The Story of a Woman and a World in Love with an Animal “A heartwarming tale of ‘finding your forever herd’ that will connect with kids and families of all kinds.”—Dana Gould, writer/coexecutive producer of The Simpsons “Horse Girl really captures a horse lover’s imagination with its spirited story and girl talk. What a great idea and a fun read.”—Soledad O’Brien, Peabody Award–winning broadcast journalist, author, and executive producer