AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR DANDI DALEY MACKALL TO PUBLISH CHILDREN’S DEVOTIONAL WITH TYNDALE
Carol Stream, IL – Prolific writer Dandi Daley Mackall, author of the Winnie the Horse Gentler series, the Starlight Animal Rescue series, and other juvenile fiction from Tyndale House Publishers, recently received the Helen Keating Ott Award from the Church & Synagogue Library Association at their annual conference held last month in Canton, Ohio.
Named for Helen Keating Ott, who had a lifelong interest in children’s literature, libraries, and library work, CSLA’s 2009 award honored Dandi Daley Mackall for her significant contribution in promoting high moral and ethical values through children’s literature. In presenting the award, CSLA awards chairperson Jeri Baker noted that Dandi Daley Mackall is “specifically sensitive to the challenges experienced by special needs children and to the plight of the economically depressed.”
“We were pleased to nominate Dandi for this well-deserved and prestigious award,” said Katara Patton, Tyndale’s Acquisitions Director, Children and Youth. “Dandi is a phenomenal writer with a true passion for youth. Her writing combines humor, reality, and the Word of God in such a seamless manner that readers of all ages enjoy her work. We are committed to publishing more of Dandi’s quality work so that even more children and young people can be touched by her special talent.”
In 2008, Tyndale introduced the Starlight Animal Rescue series, a four-book spin-off from the best-selling Winnie the Horse Gentler series of eight novels launched in 2003. Tyndale has also published several stand-alone books by Dandi Daley Mackall for children and young adults.
Tyndale House will publish Mackall’s The One Year Devos for Animal Lovers: Cool Things Animals Show Us about Our Creator in 2010. This 365-day devotional in Tyndale’s best-selling One Year® line will be for kids ages 8–12. While reading intriguing facts about the animals God created, kids who happen to love animals will have a chance to make discoveries about their own relationship to their Creator.
Dandi Daley Mackall has written over 400 books for children and adults and is the author of hundreds of published articles. She lives in rural Ohio with her husband and three children, along with their dogs, cats— and horses, of course!
Located in Carol Stream, Illinois, Tyndale House Publishers was founded in 1962 by Dr. Kenneth N. Taylor as a means of publishing The Living Bible. Tyndale House Publishers is substantially owned by Tyndale House Foundation. As a result, the company’s profits help underwrite the foundation’s mission, which is to spread the Good News of Christ around the world. Tyndale products include New Living Translation (NLT) Bibles and books and other resources for the church and family. Tyndale has published numerous New York Times best sellers, including the popular Left Behind fiction series, fiction by Karen Kingsbury, and several nonfiction books.
