Chestnut Hill

Chestnut Hill is a novel series written by Lauren Brooke. The author, more commonly known for writing the Heartland series. The first book in the series, The New Class, was published in August 2005. The series revolves around four girls who all live together at a boarding school in Virginia called Chestnut Hill, where they take classes and ride horses at a stable on campus. Lauren Brooke has said that she went through a lot of preparation for this series, including listing and developing over one-hundred names and drawing maps of her new setting.

About the author

Lauren Brooke is the author of two series of childrensd books targeted at pre-adolescent girls who are horse fanciers, the Heartland and Chestnut Hill series.

Lauren Brooke was born in England, but spent lots of her time in the United States, particularly in Virginia. She loved having a farm to live on when she was younger. Her favorite things were the horses. She tried to ride them whenever she could. She rode horses before she could walk and owned a naughty Welsh Mountain pony named Perky. She and her husband own a retired Grey called Tarka. Lauren always wanted to write, when she moved to Leicestershire, England she started writing. Brooke enjoys walking Tarka and reading about complementary treatments and herbal treatments.

Brooke applies what she reads to her books. Her husband is a psychologist/veterinarian, and Lauren chose to use his work on horses. She also likes to explore the complex emotions of humans, like grief, loss, and pain.

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