The book was published in Canada in 1997, again appearing on the bestseller list. It was published in the United States in 1997 and immediately went to the New York Times bestseller list where it remained for over 52 weeks. In its first two weeks, the book was number four on the London Times bestseller list, and it stayed in the top ten for over twenty-two weeks. His work was the model for Nicholas Evans's 1995 novel, The Horse Whisperer, but in 1996, in England and Australia, Roberts published his own story as an autobiography, The Man Who Listens to Horses. SIDELIGHTS: At an early age, Monty Roberts learned from horses how to train horses, and learned from his father, a horse trainer, how not to train horses. The Definitive Guide to Violence-Free Training (horsemanship manual), Monty & Pat Roberts, Inc.

Horse Sense for People: Using the Gentle Wisdom of the Join-Up Technique to Enrich Our Relationships at Home and at Work, Viking (New York, NY), 2001.įrom My Hands to Yours: Lessons for a Lifetime of Training Championship Horses. Shy Boy: The Horse That Came In from the Wild, photographs by Christopher Dydyk, HarperCollins ( New York, NY), 1999.

The Man Who Listens to Horses, introduction by Lawrence Scanlan, Random House ( New York, NY), 1997.

Body double for Elizabeth Taylor as a child, National Velvet, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1944 extra and technical advisor, East of Eden, Warner Bros., 1955 producer (with wife, Pat), Join-Up (instructional video). E-mail- ĬAREER: Horse trainer, lecturer and writer. Agent-Jane Trumbull, 13 Wendall Road, London W12 9RS England. PERSONAL: Born 1935, in Salinas, CA son of Marvin (a horse trainer), and Marguerite Roberts married wife's name, Pat (a sculptor) children: Deborah Loucks, Laurel, Marty.ĪDDRESSES: Office-Monty & Pat Roberts, Inc., P.O.

Shy Boy by Monty Roberts