ABOUT ME
Anchors Away -- Being from a Navy family, I've lived up and down the eastern US coast. From Bar Harbor, ME to Key West, FL, plus Arlington, Va., Norfolk, Va., Charleston, SC, Atlanta, Ga. and now Parkland, FL.
Back to School -- I love to read and learn new things. Though I studied art history in college, I found my home in elementary school as a classroom teacher, an assistant principal, and principal. Every day was new, exciting and so rewarding to see children glued to a good book or thrilled with a discovery. It was reading aloud to my classes that ignited a dream of writing for them.
Author -- I write across genres — fiction and nonfiction picture books and chapter books, plus middle grade and young
adult. My 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. I am 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.
Free Time Favorites: chocolate anything, books, writing, seafood, orchids, music, drawing and art
Surprises: I've been a lifeguard, on a synchronized swim team, sang with the Singing Principals, love to throw parties,
have six grandchildren and four grown children, and used to ride horses.
Pets: gerbils, hamsters, parakeets, cockatoo, snake, cats, dogs
You can find me online at https://www.mdknabb.com
https://facebook.com/md.knabb
Instagram: @ddknabb
Blue Sky: @mdknabb.bsky.social
Threads: @ddknabb
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These little guys are burrowing owls, native to south Florida and I volunteer with Project Perch. Hoot, hoot!
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"I cannot live without books." Thomas Jefferson, 1815
