A lifelong equestrian, children’s book author Danika Kester grew up competing across multiple disciplines with her horses, including riding hunter-jumper and dressage horses, before falling in love with the cowboy lifestyle while studying for her degree in Animal Science.

Now married to a sixth-generation rancher, she enjoys life on a working ranch in California, raising their two kids and writing children’s books showcasing the western lifestyle.

Her first book Charlie Learns to Be a Cowboy aims to instill a love for western traditions and the timeless virtues of cowboy life for her audience of early readers.