Richard Knaak

Richard A. Knaak wrote most of novels in the Diablo series.

Bio

Richard A. Knaak was born in Chicago on May 28, but now splits his time between Chicago and Arkansas. Originally a chemistry major at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana, he switched to Rhetoric, graduating with a Bachelor's Degree. He has been published since 1987 and his works have been translated into German, Italian, French, Danish, Japanese, Spanish, Polish, Finnish, Czech, Hungarian, Turkish, and Russian.

He first became interested in reading fantasy and science fiction when he discovered a copy of Andre Norton's Storm over Warlock. Devouring that, he located Roger Zelazny's Creatures of Light and Darkness and the Amber Series, then Edgar Rice Burroughs' Mars stories. Along with Edgar Allan Poe, Knaak considers these his greatest influences. Other favorite authors include Glen Cook, L. Sprague de Camp, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Harry Turtledove, Jennifer Roberson, Laurell K. Hamilton, Harry Harrison, and Robert Sawyer. On the side, he enjoys reading, travel, food, and old movies.

Bibliography

Dragonlance

1. Series
   1. The Legend of Huma (1988)
   2. Kaz the Minotaur (1990)
   3. Land of the Minotaurs (1996)
   4. Reavers of the Blood Sea (1999)
   5. The Citadel (2000)
2. Minotaur Wars
   1. Night of Blood (2003)
   2. Tides of Blood (2004)
   3. Empire of Blood (2005)
3. Ogre Titans
   1. The Black Talon (2007)
   2. The Fire Rose (2008)
   3. The Gargoyle King (2009)

Dragonrealm

1. Series
   1. Firedrake (1989)
   2. Ice Dragon (1989)
   3. Wolfhelm (1990)
   4. Shadow Steed (1990)
   5. The Crystal Dragon (1993)
   6. Dragon Crown (1994)
   7. Dragon, Dragon, Rock the Wagon (1996)
   8. The Horse King (1997)
2. Origins
   1. The Shrouded Realm (1991)
   2. Children of the Drake (1991)
   3. Dragon Tome (1992)

Diablo

1. Diablo series
   1. Legacy of Blood (2001)
   2. Kingdom of Shadow (2002)
   3. Moon of the Spider (2006)
2. The Sin War series
   1. Birthright (2006)
   2. Scales of the Serpent (2007)
   3. The Veiled Prophet (2007)

Warcraft

1. Series
   1. Day of the Dragon (2001)
   2. Night of the Dragon (2008)
2. Warcraft: War of the Ancients Trilogy|War of the Ancients]]
   1. The Well of Eternity (2004)
   2. The Demon Soul (2004)
   3. The Sundering (2005)
3. Warcraft: The Sunwell Trilogy
   1. Dragon Hunt (2005)
   2. Shadows of Ice (2006)
   3. Ghostlands (2007)
4. Independent Books
   1. "Stormrage" (Coming 2010)

Independent

1. King of the Grey (1993)
2. Frostwing (1995)
3. The Janus Mask (1995)
4. Dutchman (1996)
5. Ruby Flames (1999)