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Deborah Britt-Hay

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 state and 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, and Jack Russell Terriers for Dummies, published by IDG books. Debbie has also co-authored and edited several fiction titles ranging from horror to memoirs, and screenplays to short stories, as well as 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, LLC 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 Community Theater in January, 2007, and received many positive reviews. She is currently working on a screenplay adaptation of Dark Justice, a novel she and Nicole Bentley co-authored. She and her family live in southern California.