Mary D. Midkiff

MARY D. MIDKIFF is the creator and founder of the Women & Horses fitness and performance program for female riders, and the author of two books published in a combined five languages. Her recent books include She Flies Without Wings: How Horses Touch a Woman’s Soul and Fitness, Performance, and the Female Equestrian.

Midkiff holds a Horsemaster’s certification received in 1976 and a degree in advertising and communication from the University of Kentucky. From 1986 to 1991 she served as Executive Secretary of Showing and State Horse Councils at the American Horse Council in Washington, D.C.

When she’s not writing, Midkiff runs Equestrian Resources, the equestrian marketing firm she founded in 1991. Her work as a groom, horse trainer, and event rider informs her writing on the relationship between women and horses.

Mary lives in the Lexington, Kentucky area.

Mary D. Midkiff’s books are published by Howell Book House, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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