Magdalen Nabb (née Nuttal; 16 January 1947 – 18 August 2007) was a British author, best known for the Marshal Guarnaccia detective novels.
[citation needed] Nabb began her career teaching art at a primary school in Holcombe, Greater Manchester.
[1][3] Nabb subsequently published 12 additional crime detective novels, all of which are set in Florence, which she describes as a "very secret city".
[citation needed] Nabb donated and raised funds for the Brooke Hospital for Animals, a UK-based international equine charity.
[1] In the mid-2000s, Nabb helped residents in Afghanistan, first by supporting a school for Afghan refugee children, then financing a well to provide fresh water.