Magazine Stories

From 1994 through the present, Knotts has written for publications that include Sports Illustrated, Reader's Digest, USA Weekend, Family Circle, Cosmopolitan, Inside Sports, The Humanist, The New York Times, Travel & Leisure and many others. He was a contributing editor at Budget Travel magazine for several years. Article topics have included consumer issues, travel, sports, psychology, health, personality profiles and more. Clips of all his stories are available upon request. This is a representative sampling of some stories Knotts particularly has enjoyed.

The text of one of his Sports Illustrated pieces is among those not available online. The story is included below.

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Drama
Never Nothin' Again No More -- A Play: Scene One
This piece, commissioned and originally produced by Miami's Coconut Grove Playhouse, confronts head-on the "taboo" issue of teen suicide.
Poetry
September 11, 2001 -- A Poem
Included in the Artists Registry at the National September 11 Memorial Museum in New York City and the 9/11 Sculpture Project in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Fiction
Hard News -- A Novel: Chapters One and Two
Fast-paced thriller set in the world of investigative journalism, politics and deadly medical con games.

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