Richard A. Knaak
Born	May 28, 1961 (1961-05-28) (age 48) Chicago, Illinois
Nationality	United States
Genres	Fantasy
Notable work(s)	Dragonlance series Dragonrealm series Diablo novels Warcraft novels
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Richard A. Knaak (born 28 May 1961) is the author of Dragonlance novels, Dragonrealm, six novels for Blizzard Entertainment's Diablo series, and six works in the Warcraft universe. He has also written five non-series fantasy books.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Bibliography 2.1 Dragonlance 2.2 Dragonrealm 2.3 Diablo 2.4 Warcraft 2.5 Independent 3 External links

[edit] Biography

Knaak attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, studying rhetoric, and earned a bachelor's degree.

After reading Andre Norton's Storm over Warlock, he eventually sold his first short story in 1986, and it was published in 1987. He has listed several of his influences, and even a few of his favorite fellow authors, those being Edgar Allan Poe, Robert E. Howard, Glen Cook, L. Sprague de Camp, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Harry Turtledove, Jennifer Roberson, Laurell K. Hamilton, Harry Harrison, and Robert Sawyer.

He splits living in Illinois and Arkansas.

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Dragonlance

1. Series
   1. The Legend of Huma (1988), ISBN 0-88038-548-0
   2. Kaz the Minotaur (1990), ISBN 0-88038-910-9
   3. Land of the Minotaurs (1996), ISBN 0-7869-0472-0
   4. Reavers of the Blood Sea (1999), ISBN 0-7869-1345-2
   5. The Citadel (2000), ISBN 0-7869-1683-4
2. Minotaur Wars
   1. Night of Blood (2003), ISBN 0-7869-2938-3
   2. Tides of Blood (2004), ISBN 0-7869-3251-1
   3. Empire of Blood (2005), ISBN 0-7869-3733-5
3. Ogre Titans
   1. The Black Talon (2007)
   2. The Fire Rose (2008)
   3. The Gargoyle King (2009)

[edit] Dragonrealm

1. Series
   1. Firedrake (1989), ISBN 0-445-20940-2
   2. Ice Dragon (1989), ISBN 0-445-20942-9
   3. Wolfhelm (1990), ISBN 0-445-20966-6
   4. Shadow Steed (1990), ISBN 0-445-20967-4
   5. The Crystal Dragon (1993), ISBN 0-446-36432-0
   6. Dragon Crown (1994), ISBN 0-446-36464-9
   7. Dragon, Dragon, Rock the Wagon (1996), ISBN 0-446-36472-6
   8. The Horse King (1997), ISBN 0-446-60353-8
2. Origins
   1. The Shrouded Realm (1991), ISBN 0-446-36138-0
   2. Children of the Drake (1991), ISBN 0-446-36153-4
   3. Dragon Tome (1992), ISBN 0-446-36252-2

[edit] Diablo

1. Diablo series
   1. Legacy of Blood (2001), ISBN 0-671-04155-X
   2. Kingdom of Shadow (2002), ISBN 0-7434-2692-4
   3. Moon of the Spider (2006), ISBN 0-7434-7132-6
2. The Sin War series
   1. Birthright (2006)
   2. Scales of the Serpent (2007)
   3. The Veiled Prophet (2007)

[edit] Warcraft

1. Series
   1. Day of the Dragon (2001), ISBN 0-671-04152-5
   2. Night of the Dragon (2008), ISBN 0-7434-7137-7
2. War of the Ancients
   1. The Well of Eternity (2004), ISBN 0-7434-7119-9
   2. The Demon Soul (2004), ISBN 0-7434-7120-2
   3. The Sundering (2005), ISBN 0-7434-7121-0
3. Sunwell Trilogy
   1. Dragon Hunt (2005), ISBN 1-59532-712-6
   2. Shadows of Ice (2006), ISBN 1-59532-713-4
   3. Ghostlands (2007), ISBN 1-59532-714-2
4. Independent Books
   1. "Stormrage" (Coming 2010)

[edit] Independent

1. King of the Grey (1993), ISBN 0-446-36463-0
2. Frostwing (1995), ISBN 0-446-60149-7
3. The Janus Mask (1995), ISBN 0-446-60150-0
4. Dutchman (1996), ISBN 0-446-60151-9
5. Ruby Flames (1999), ISBN 0-671-03266-6

[edit] External links

• Richard A. Knaak's homepage
• Interviews on Blizzplanet

Persondata
NAME	Knaak, Richard A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	American fantasy author
DATE OF BIRTH	28 May 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chicago, Illinois
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH