Dandi Daley Mackall is an American author with around 500 of her works published for adults and children. Some of her works are the Winnie the Horse Gentler series and the Flipside Stories, The Silence of Murder, and With Love, Wherever You Are, a novel based on the stories and letters of her parents, Army doctor and Army nurse in World War II, as well as many others. She collaborated with Sigmund Brouwer and Melody Carlson to take part in creating the Degrees of Guilt series and then with Jeff Nesbit and Melody Carlson in the Degrees of Betrayal series. Other animal series include Backyard Horses, Starlight Animal Rescue, Bob the Horse, and I Can Read series. Her bestselling devotional books include Three Wise Women: 40 Devotions Celebrating Advent with Mary, Elizabeth, and Anna and Women Who Followed Jesus: 40 Devotions on the Journey to Easter.
Biography Mackall started her writing career when at ten years of age she entered and won her first writing contest in 1959. Her paper was titled "Why I Want to be Batboy for the Kansas City A's". Since then, she has published over 450 books for adults, teens, and children. She now lives with her husband, Joe, in Ohio. They have three children: Jen, Katy, and Dan. Mackall continues to appear on radio broadcasts, and has made several appearances on TV as well.
The Silence of Murder won the Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery of 2012. Larger-Than-Life Lara was a finalist for the William Allen White Award, Kentucky Bluegrass Award, and the Delaware Diamond. Ms. Mackall won the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Missouri and the Helen Keating Ott Award for Distinguished Contribution to Children's Literature. Her novel, My Boyfriends' Dogs, was turned into a Hallmark movie and became the most-watched original Hallmark movie of 2014.
Bibliography
Children's books A Girl Named Dan Rudy Rides the Rails The Legend of Ohio Dandelion Rhymes Seeing Stars In the Beginning Who's a Goblin? Are We There Yet? Silent Dreams First Day Made For A Purpose Off To Plymouth Rock! Journey, Easter Journey! I'm Not Afraid Series A Friend From Galilee This is the Lunch that Jesus Served My Favorite Verses Series Must Be Halloween Easter is for Me Who'll Light the Chanukah Candles? Joseph King of Dreams Christmas Picture Books The Shepherd's Christmas Story
Teen's books Crazy In Love Larger Than-Life Lara Eva Underground Our Marriage Love Rules Maggie's Story Winnie the Horse Gentler Series Horsefeathers! Starlight Animal Rescue Blog On! Sierra's Story: Degrees of Betrayal Kyra's Story: Degrees of Guilt Career Skills Series Horse Files My Boyfriend's Dogs Backyard Horses The Silence of Murder The Secrets of Tree Taylor
Adult's books With Love, Wherever You Are, a Novel Maggie Love Rules Kindred Sisters Kids Say The Best Things About Life Kids Say The Best Things About God Kids Are Still Saying the Darndest Things Kids Say the Greatest Things about God Kids Say the Cutest Things About Moms Kids Say the Cutest Things About Dads Why I Believe in God What Children Know About Angels When the Answer Is No Just One of Me The Blessing Is in the Doing Kids' Rules for Life 101 Ways to Talk to God God Created Me! Three Wise Women: 40 Devotions Celebrating Advent with Mary, Elizabeth, and Anna Women Who Followed Jesus: 40 Devotions on the Journey to Easter
Publishers Prentice-Hall Simon & Schuster Dutton/Penguin-Putnam HarperCollins Harcourt Random House/WaterBrook DreamWorks Tyndale House Tommy Nelson Standard Publishing Jossey-Bass Broadman Shaw Concordia Publishing House William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company Honor Books Augsburg-Fortress Mc-Graw-Hill/Children's Specialty Landoll's Prima/St. Martin's Ferguson John Wiley & Sons Sourcebooks Disney Warner Brothers Hanna Barbera
References
External links
Dandi at Penguin Random House