Carly Kade is an award-winning equestrian author and the host of the Equestrian Author Spotlight podcast. Creative writing makes her spurs jingle! She writes fiction about horses, horse shows, western pleasure and a handsome cowboy or two. Her books are for people just like her ... crazy about reading, horses and cute cowboys! In her free time, Carly enjoys competitively showing her registered Paint Horse, works on her next novel, reads voraciously, spends time with her two adopted dogs, and loves exploring the great outdoors. ​ In the Reins, Carly's novel inspired by the equestrian lifestyle has been an Amazon bestseller for more than 10 weeks, is an EQUUS Film Festival literary award winner for Best Western Fiction and has earned two Feathered Quill Book Awards. The book is available now in Paperback and eBook on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo and Apple's iBooks.     

'In The Reins', a cowboy romance novel inspired by the equestrian lifestyle, has steadily climbed the charts to rave reviews. The book has been an equestrian best seller on Amazon for more than 10 weeks.

The EQUUS Film Festival took notice. 'In The Reins' won the EQUUS Film Festival Literary Award for Best Western Fiction. The EQUUS Film Festival is the premier showcase for domestic and international equestrian content feature films, shorts, documentaries, music videos, commercials, training, educational materials, art & literature.

In addition, 'In The Reins' earned two Feathered Quill Book Awards in the Romance category and a second for Adult Fiction featuring Animals.

The EQUUS Film Festival named author Carly Kade as the 2018 WINNIE Award winner in the Best Equine Romance category for her novel, Cowboy Away. The award was presented in New York City at the sixth annual EQUUS Film Festival.

The Feathered Quill Book Awards has presented author Carly Kade with the Bronze Medal for her equestrian romance novel, Cowboy Away. Fresh off of the book’s EQUUS Film Festival Literary Award win for Best Equine Romance, Carly adds the Feathered Quill nod in the ‘Book featuring Animals - Adult ’ category to her growing roster of literary honors.