Plaidchat: Rennie Dyball Show Strides Workbook 4

Send us Fan Mail Rennie Dyball is a USA Today bestselling and award-winning author who has written, co-authored, and ghostwritten more than 20 books, ranging from picture books and middle-grade novels to celebrity memoirs and prescriptive nonfiction. A lifelong equestrian, she has built a career that blends her love of writing with her love of horses. Together with co-author Piper Klemm, Dyball created the beloved Show Strides series — middle-grade equestrian novels originally published by The Plaid Horse and now reissued by Andrews McMeel Universal — which has earned multiple Equus Awards for equestrian fiction. Her middle-grade novel Good Boy, Eddie won a Purple Dragonfly Award, and she collaborated with top trainers Carleton and Traci Brooks on With Purpose: The Balmoral Standard. Her picture books include B Is for Bellies: A Celebration of Every Body, named Best Read Aloud in the Bookstagram Best of 2023, and Fiona and the Peculiar Praise. Dyball began her career at People magazine shortly after graduating from Penn State University, spending some 15 years as a reporter and writer for the magazine and later as an editor for People.com, where she continues to contribute as a freelance book critic. She launched her ghostwriting career in 2008 and has since given voice to a range of celebrity-driven memoirs and autobiographies, including projects with Terry Crews and Rebecca King Crews, Andrea Barber, and fashion designer Christian Siriano, along with The ADHD Field Guide for Adults. Beyond her own books, Dyball works as a freelance editor, a collaborative author, and a college essay coach, mentoring new writers and students alike. An avid competitor in the adult hunter and equitation rings, she lives in Maryland with her family theplaidhorse.com Thank you so much for joining us today on the Plaidcast. This podcast is a labor of love, and every single episode exists because of this incredible community of riders, trainers, barn managers, parents, and horse lovers who show up in the barn, in the ring, and right here with us. At The Plaid Horse, our commitment goes far beyond the show ring. We believe deeply in the power of literacy and education and that every rider, at every level, deserves access to knowledge, stories, and ideas that make them a better horseperson and a better human being. Reading matters. Learning matters. And the stories we tell each other in this sport matter more than we sometimes realize. Whether you are a junior rider picking up your first copy of The Plaid Horse Magazine, a professional trainer looking for inspiration, or someone who simply loves horses and everything this world stands for then this community is for you. You belong here. We build this together. Every article, every episode, every conversation is an opportunity to learn something new, to feel less alone in the challenges of this sport, and to be reminded of why we fell in love with horses in the first place. Until next time, keep reading, keep learning, keep riding, and remember that the horse world is better when we build it together. I will see you at the ring!