Maria de Jong

Maria de Jong grew up in New Zealand and spent years begging her parents for a horse.  As a cunning ruse to save the back lawn from hoof prints, her dad started taxiing her to a friend's farm, where over time, some of the 150 horses graciously taught her a thing or two.  Ride a Pony North is a debut sparked by their lessons. 

A teacher/translator/theatre costume designer in Italy for many years, Maria now copy edits and lives with her family behind the tallest banana palm in Amsterdam. 

Ride a Pony North will be published by Andersen Press in Spring 2025.
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Represented by: Catherine Pellegrino

Selected Titles
Ride a Pony North (Andersen Press, 2025)