Richard A. Knaak


Richard Allen Knaak is the author of Dragonlance novels, Dragonrealm, six novels for Blizzard Entertainment's Diablo series, and ten works in the Warcraft universe. He has also written five non-series fantasy books.
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Early life and education

Richard Allen Knaak was born May 28, 1961, in Chicago, Illinois, to James Richard Knaak and Anna Maria Knaak. He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, studying chemistry at first, and subsequently rhetoric, and earned a bachelor's degree in 1984. He worked as a warehouseman, resume writer, and office clerk before becoming a full-time freelance writer in 1988.

Career

After reading Andre Norton's Storm over Warlock, he became a fan of fantasy and science fiction. He eventually sold his first short story in 1986, and it was published in 1987. His Dragonlance titles include The Legend of Huma, Reavers of the Blood Sea, Kaz the Minotaur, Land of the Minotaurs, and The Citadel, in addition to short stories in various anthologies. He also wrote the ten-volume Dragonrealm series, and the first Dragonrealm story, "Firedrake," helped him get his first Dragonlance project. He has also written several stand-alone volumes, including the contemporary fantasies Frostwing, King of the Grey, and Dutchman, plus the heroic adventure The Janus Mask. He has also worked on novels based in the worlds of the computer games Warcraft and Diablo.
Knaak lists Roger Zelazny, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and Edgar Allan Poe as major influences, and has even listed a few of his favorite fellow authors, those being Robert E. Howard, Glen Cook, L. Sprague de Camp, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Harry Turtledove, Jennifer Roberson, Laurell K. Hamilton, Harry Harrison, and Robert Sawyer.

''Dragonlance''

  1. Series
  2. #The Legend of Huma,
  3. #Kaz the Minotaur,
  4. #Land of the Minotaurs,
  5. #Reavers of the Blood Sea,
  6. #The Citadel,
  7. Minotaur Wars
  8. #Night of Blood,
  9. #Tides of Blood,
  10. #Empire of Blood,
  11. Ogre Titans
  12. #The Black Talon
  13. #The Fire Rose
  14. #''The Gargoyle King''

''Dragonrealm''

  1. #Firedrake,
  2. #Ice Dragon,
  3. #Wolfhelm,
  4. #Shadow Steed,
  5. #The Crystal Dragon,
  6. #Dragon Crown,
  7. #The Horse King,
  8. #Shade
  9. Origins
  10. #The Shrouded Realm,
  11. #Children of the Drake,
  12. #Dragon Tome,
  13. The Turning War
  14. #Dragon Masters
  15. #The Gryphon Mage
  16. #The Horned Blade
  17. PDF Series
  18. #Past Dancer
  19. #Dragon Master
  20. #Skins
  21. #A Wolf in the Fold
  22. #Storm Lord
  23. #The Still Lands
  24. #''Game of Ghosts''

''Diablo''

  1. Diablo series
  2. #Legacy of Blood,
  3. #The Kingdom of Shadow,
  4. #Moon of the Spider,
  5. The Sin War series
  6. #Birthright
  7. #Scales of the Serpent
  8. #''The Veiled Prophet''

''Warcraft''

  1. Day/Night Of The Dragon
  2. #Day of the Dragon,
  3. #Night of the Dragon,
  4. War of the Ancients
  5. #The Well of Eternity,
  6. #The Demon Soul,
  7. #The Sundering,
  8. Sunwell Trilogy
  9. #Dragon Hunt,
  10. #Shadows of Ice,
  11. #Ghostland,
  12. Shadow Wing
  13. #The Dragons of Outland,
  14. #Nexus Point,
  15. Independent Books
  16. #"Stormrage",
  17. #"Wolfheart",
  18. Dawn of the Aspects
  19. #Part 1
  20. #Part 2
  21. #Part 3
  22. #Part 4
  23. #''Part 5''

''Age of Conan''

  1. The God in the Moon,
  2. The Eye of Charon,
  3. The Silent Enemy,

''Pathfinder Tales''

  1. Reaper's Eye, ISBN 978-0-7653-8436-2

Independent

  1. King of the Grey,
  2. Frostwing,
  3. The Janus Mask,
  4. Dutchman,
  5. Ruby Flames,
  6. Beastmaster:Myth
  7. Dragon Mound: Book One of the Knight In Shadow Trilogy
  8. Black City Saint
  9. Black City Demon
  10. ''Rex Draconis''