About D.E. Knobbe

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D.E. Knobbe's debut Y.A. novel, Runaway Storm, was released January 1, 2010 through Emerald Book Company. Knobbe has sold to the L.A. Times "Kids' Reading Room" section as well as worked as a freelance writer for various newspapers and advertising agencies. For over eight years, she has taught writing workshops as well as critiqued and worked with authors of all genres. Knobbe is also one of the founders of the popular Critiquemania Children's Writer's Retreat.

She presently works as an editor for a small press, and is an active board member for SCBWI-LA (Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators-Los Angeles). Knobbe has a B.A. in Creative Writing and a Masters in Professional Writing. After she earned her B.A., she worked as a copywriter and then as the Creative Director for two different radio stations, having written several thousand broadcast ads including radio and television. She is the proud co-founding member of the Sand Scribes children's writing group.

Knobbe has two more Y.A. novels close to publication, Zapped and Runaway Fire, along with two picture books, No More Mischief and Crazy Crustaceans, which are due on shelves late in 2010.

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Runaway Storm

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"A rite of passage story that starts out as a rebellious solo kayaking adventure but turns perilous as fifteen-year-old Nate faces fellow runaways, a shipwreck, and drug smugglers. An exciting survival tale that leaves you wanting more."

- Mary-Pat Gonzalez, M.L.S., Senior Librarian-Children's, Huntington Beach Central Park Library

"Runaway Storm is an edge-of-your-seat page turner. Nothing goes the way Nate planned when his kayak trip turns deadly and he's forced to take more risks than he's ever faced in his life. D. E. Knobbe fits well into the ranks of other great adventure writers. Young readers won't be able to put this book down."

- Best-Selling author team, Enderle and Gordon

Nate stole the kayak... sort of. His parents don't know where he is, and that's just fine with him. He's made it to the chain of sparsely populated islands off the coast of Vancouver, his kayaking dreams coming true. So what could possibly go wrong? For starters, he hadn't counted on real runaways making him feel like a fraud, or on the cops chasing him into a wild and deadly storm. Nate hadn't planned to shipwreck on a deserted island either, or to have a run-in with a crazed drug smuggler, who drifted into the bay on a crippled sailboat, ready to protect his stash with a loaded gun.

Will Nate be able to save himself and the Goth girl who tried to rescue him? Between being chased by criminals, shot at, and almost drowned, his options aren't looking good.