Harlan Howard Thompson (December 25, 1894 – October 9, 1987) was an author of children's books.
He published the novel Prairie Colt using the pseudonym Stephen Holt.
[1] Among Thompson's novels are Prairie Colt, which was awarded the Boys Clubs of America gold medal in 1947, Stormy, We Were There With The California Forty-niners, Wild Palomino and many other juvenile western books.
[3][4] Spook the Mustang won the silver medal in fiction in the 1956 California Book Awards.
[5] For many years, he owned the TX Ranch in Alberta, Canada.