Nancy Knight


Nancy Knight is the author of fourteen novels, six adult plays, more than twenty children’s plays, numerous short stories, and two produced screen plays. Her movie, Evil Little Things, is currently in distribution and is available from Amazon Prime. She has edited several anthologies. Since 1987, she has taught creative writing workshops, classes and seminars all across the country for writer’s organizations, conventions, and colleges.

Georgia Romance Writers gives an award in her name each year honoring her mentorship of upcoming writers. She has been director of Writers’ Track for Dragon Con for twenty-five years and, as such, produces more than thirty-five hours of programming each year at Dragon Con. She was honored by Dragon Con with the Hank Rhinehart Award in 2004 for promoting writers and literature. Her most recent honor came at ConCarolinas in 2023 where she was presented with the Falstaff Books Polaris Award for her lifetime achievement for mentoring and encouraging new authors.

One of Ms. Knight’s latest novels, Cursed, was a finalist for the coveted Maggie Award for Excellence in Writing in the Young Adult category. The second book in the series, Queen’s Honor was released in September 2022. The third book, Queen’s Curse will be released in early September, 2023.

She teaches a Master Class in fiction writing at the DeKalb School for the Arts.