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Deborah Britt-Hay

Dark Justice was accepted for publication by the AEG Publishing Group.

On February 15, 2000, Ms. Britt-Hay was awarded the 1999 Maxwell Medallion Award presented to the Best Single Breed Dog Book by the Dog Writers Association of America Writing Competition.

Deborah Britt-Hay was born in California, raised in Oregon, and is a horse trainer and a published author. In 1987, she returned to her native California and started training, breeding, and showing Arabian and Arabian crosses, as well as endangered Hackney horses. She and her students have won many national awards in Arabian breed and open dressage competitions. She also breeds and sells Jack Russell terriers. Her first book, Horse Training Basics, was published by Alpine Publications, Inc. in 1994. Since then, she has authored both The Idiot's Guide to Jack Russell Terriers, published by Howell Book House, a division of Macmillan, Jack Russell Terriers for Dummies, published by IDG books, and Dark Justice, a suspense novel she co-authored with Nicole Bentley, published by Strategic Books. Her editing specialties include general fiction, fantasy, science fiction, horror, women's fiction, young adult, children's books, and screenplays, and she's even done a cookbook or two.

Debbie holds a B.S. degree in Business with a minor in Theater Arts and is fluent in Spanish. When not editing for A-1 Editing Service or working with the horses, she and her daughter are busy pursuing solid acting careers in film, television, and stage. She is a member of both SAG and AFTRA unions, and enjoys the creative outlet her acting career provides. Debbie's first attempt at play writing, Walking Wounded, was presented as a stage reading at the Poway Performing Arts Company in January, 2007, and received many positive reviews. She was also chosen to participate in the North Park Playwrights' Festival with her new stage play, Angel On My Shoulder. She is currently working on a screenplay adaptation of Dark Justice. She and her family live in southern California.