Marylois Dunn

American author born in 1930. She has written a number of short stories plus three children's books, with one of them, Man in the Box, winning the Sequoyah Book Award,. One of her children's novels features an appaloosa horse.

Sometimes known as Mary Lois Dunn.

Unfortunately I am unable to find out anything else about the author. If you have any other information I would love to hear from you.

Horse & Pony Books:

THE ABSOLUTELY PERFECT HORSE
(HARPER COLLINS [USA] 1983
ILLUSTRATED BY ARDATH MAYHAR)
Reprinted by original publisher in paperback.
Also a German edition entitled Annie's Superferd.
In print as a 'print on demand' edition only.
SUMMARY: Annie longs for the horse of her dreams, an 'absolutely perfect horse.' But what she ends up with is an ancient appaloosa nag nicknamed Dogmeat. However the old horse proves his worth when danger threatens!

Collector's Info:
This book is available new as a 'print on demand' edition. Older copies are fairly easy to find in the USA and usually cheap, although harder elsewhere. There was also a German edition entitled Annie's Superferd