ABOUT ME
From Bar Harbor, ME to Key West, FL, (Muriel) Dee moved frequently growing up, landing most of the time along the ocean coastline. She loved each new school and enjoyed learning, reading, creating art and making new friends.
Having a background in art history, elementary education and educational leadership, she found a home in elementary classrooms, loving teaching children and later, coaching teachers. She wanted to share the magic of books and reading so children would find the same joy she did in those. Her classroom experience prompted the dream of writing for children. She jumped into the kidlit community to start this new chapter and and is so glad she did.
Dee writes across genres — fiction and nonfiction picture books and chapter books, plus middle grade and young adult. Her interests range from science to social studies, conservation to environmental changes, history and the people who’ve contributed to the world, and the social emotional challenges children find tough. Her first published book, Teens Dealing with Adversity, TEENS DEALING WITH ONLINE BULLYING, 2025 was written to help kids navigate pitfalls of the internet.
She is represented by Joyce Sweeney of The Seymour Agency and a member of SCBWI, The Writing Barn's Courage to Create, Inked Voices, and Reimagine Insiders.
She and her husband live in south Florida where they love to travel, take field trips to turtle hospitals, the space coast, wildlife sanctuaries, and hang out by the ocean or intracoastal waterway for seafood. She volunteers with Project Perch, a burrowing owl conservation group in the area.
You can find her online at https://www.mdknabb.com
Twitter:@mdknabb
https://facebook.com/md.knabb
Instagram:@ddknabb
@mdknabb.bsky.social
Why do I write nonfiction and informational fiction -- KIDS LOVE IT!
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"I cannot live without books." Thomas Jefferson, 1815
