Krista Ruepp

German author born in Cologne in 1947. She has a teaching degree and has worked in the world of editing, advertising and marketing. She now writes modern pony stories, most of which have been translated into English and published here and in the USA. She has her own Arabian horse.

Krista Ruepp has her own website in German language. It can be translated by Google although this is not wholly accurate. Also the site is not very comprehensive.

Apologies for the rather sketchy publishing information. It is quite hard to find the original publishing information for many of the books if one does not speak German! If anyone has any other information please let me know.

Anna and Prince series:

1) WINTER PONY
aka PRINS DE IJSLANDSE PONY (Original German title)
(NORTH SOUTH BOOKS [GERMANY] 2002)
(1st UK edition NORTH SOUTH BOOKS 2002)
ILLUSTRATED BY ULRIKE HEYNE
Also American edition published by North South Books in 2002.
EDITIONS PICTURED: Original German edition, UK edition.
SUMMARY: Anna loves her Icelandic colt Prince whom she has looked after since birth, but he is only really hers for the winter. In the summer he must go off to run wild with the herd, and whilst he does so she cannot help but worry about him.

2) RUNAWAY PONY
(NORTH SOUTH BOOKS [GERMANY] date unknown)
(1st UK edition NORTH SOUTH BOOKS 2005)
ILLUSTRATED BY ULRIKE HEYNE
Also American edition published by North South Books in 2005.
Also a French edition.
EDITION PICTURED: UK edition.
SUMMARY: It is time to start training Prince to lead in-hand, but whilst Anna is giving him a lesson he is frightened by a tractor and breaks free. Although she manages to catch the runaway pony Anna is worried that she will not be able to win back his trust…

3) ANNA'S PRINCE
(NORTH SOUTH BOOKS [GERMANY] date unknown)
(1st UK edition NORTH SOUTH BOOKS 2005?)
ILLUSTRATED BY ULRIKE HEYNE
Also American edition published by North South Books in 2005
Also a French edition.
EDITION PICTURED: UK edition.
SUMMARY: At last Prince is old enough for Anna to ride. But were they both ready for this new challenge?

Collector's Info:
Easy to find on Amazon in the UK and USA,  also in Germany and France. A little harder elsewhere.

Charlie Series:

MIDNIGHT RIDER
aka MITTERNACHTSREITER (Original German title)
(NORTH SOUTH BOOKS [GERMANY] 1995)
(1st UK edition NORTH SOUTH BOOKS 1995)
ILLUSTRATED BY ULRIKE HEYNE
Also American edition published by North South Books in 1995
The book appears to have been published in Germany, UK and America at the same time by the same publisher.
Reprinted in paperback by Lothian in the UK
EDITIONS PICTURED: Original German edition, UK edition.
SUMMARY: Charlie longs to ride her surly neighbour's horse, but he has banned her from doing so. Will that stop her…?

HORSES IN THE FOG (Original German title)
aka NEBELPFERDE
(NORTH SOUTH BOOKS [GERMANY] 1997)
(1st UK edition NORTH SOUTH BOOKS 1997)
ILLUSTRATED BY ULRIKE HEYNE
Also American edition published by North South Books in 1997
EDITIONS PICTURED: Original German edition, UK edition.
SUMMARY: Charlie and her friend Mona are having a great day riding their horses on the beach and bathing in the sea, but then a thick mist appears and everything suddenly becomes scary. Can they get back to safety?

THE SEA PONY
ILLUSTRATED BY ULRIKE HEYNE
No information for German edition
Published in the USA by North South Books in 2001
EDITIONS PICTURED: Original German edition, UK edition.
SUMMARY: Philip had just moved to the island of Uthoern with his parents and his pony, Hobgoblin. Charlie couldn't understand why he was unhappy to be in such a beautiful place. His Icelandic pony seemed out of sorts too. He stood for hours just staring out to sea. Slowly, Charlie and Philip become friends. But one day when they ride out together, Hobgoblin breaks loose and swims out to sea with Philip. Charlie manages to rescue them by the skin of her teeth with the help of her white horse Star. But what exactly is wrong with Hobgoblin?

Collector's Info:
I am not sure if The Sea Pony had a British edition. I haven't seen any and its not easy to find in the UK. The other two are reasonably easy to find in the UK and the USA, especially on Amazon. There are also a couple of other titles not published in English entitled STORMREITER and LAURA UND DER FACKELRITT which can be found in the UK. I don't have any publishing information for these but they can be purchased on Amazon for German language readers.