Flossie McNabb received her
B.A. in English from UT in 1974 and immediately went to work for a furniture store. After 12 years in the
furniture business she entered the graduate program in English at UT. In 1989
she received her Masters in Writing and began teaching English as an adjunct
at Roane State and Pellissippi State. In 1994 Flossie decided to go back into
retail. From 1994 until January of 2000 she worked as a bookseller for Davis-Kidd booksellers where she helped host author events and worked with
many of the reading groups. It was at Davis-Kidd that Flossie became involved
with the Knoxville Writers' Guild and she met many writers at the bookstore
who wanted to be involved in a writing community. Flossie has poems in Voices From the Valley and All Around Us, two Guild publications, and an essay in Breathing the Same Air. In 2000 Flossie wrote a monthly column," About Books" for the KWG newsletter. Flossie believes in the Guild as the best gathering place in the Knoxville area for writers and readers to meet and support one another in their love of books.
Tennessee
Book Award - Peter Taylor Prize for the Novel