on The Saddle Club's teenage years. The first book was published in July 1998, and Full Gallop, the seventeenth and last book, was published in April 2001. Although the last few Saddle Club books were published after Full Gallop, it is the last book set chronologically in the Willow Creek universe. For a complete list of titles, see this list. Television series In 2001, a television show called The Saddle Club, based on the books, was filmed in Australia. As of November 2010, three seasons have aired. Ghostwriting Like many long-running children's book series, eventually The Saddle Club was taken over by a team of ghostwriters. Bryant wrote at least one hundred and one The Saddle Club books, six Pony Tails books, and two Pine Hollow books herself. Ghostwriters for the Saddle Club and Pine Hollow books included Caitlin Macy (sometimes credited as Caitlin C. Macy), Catherine Hapka, Sallie Bissell, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, Helen Geraghty, Tina deVaron, Cat Johnston, Minna Jung, and Sheila Prescott-Vessey. Other Books Bonnie Bryant is also the author of many novelizations of movies, including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Karate Kid (and all of its sequels), Bingo, and Honey, I Blew Up the Kid, written under her married name, B. B. Hiller. Also, the novelization of Superman IV: The Quest for Peace. Bryant collaborated in the ghostwriting of The Baby-sitters Club Super Special #14: BSC in the USA, published under the name of its creator, Ann M. Martin. Personal life Bonnie Bryant was born to Emmons and Metzer S. "Mary" Bryant, who are now deceased. Bryant was born raised in New York City, then moved to Wisconsin to go to Lawrence University, where she met her husband, Neil W. Hiller. Bryant worked on the campus newspaper, where Hiller was the editor. After college, Bryant worked for a publishing company, then left in 1986 to write full-time. She and Hiller had two sons, Emmons and Andrew "Andy" Hiller. Neil Hiller died in 1989. Many of Bonnie's books are dedicated to him. She dated Irving Gottesman for about 7 years from 2000 to 2007, until his unfortunate death from cancer September 21, 2007. He, had from a previous marriage, two children named Max and Alice Gottesman. Bryant has two sisters, Penelope "Penny" Bryant Carey, and Molly Bryant, now deceased. Bryant now lives in Greenwich Village, New York. References External links American children's writers Living people Lawrence University alumni