E. E. Knight Papers, 1980- 2012 | Northern Illinois University

Collection Overview

Title: E. E. Knight Papers, 1980- 2012

ID: RBSC/SFWA/008

Extent: 5.3 Linear Feet

Arrangement: Series I consists of novels; Series II consists of unpublished works. Series III consists of general correspondence and Series IV contains miscellaneous items.

Date Acquired: 05/01/2007

Subjects: Knight, E.E., Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America

Forms of Material: fantasy, science fiction

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The E.E. Knight Papers consists of printed (paper-based) manuscripts for unpublished works, short stories and novels by E.E. Knight, along with a small amount of correspondence related to those materials. The collection is divided into series based upon format. Series I consists of novels; Series II consists of unpublished works. Series III consists of general correspondence and Series IV contains miscellaneous items. The Novels section is organized by book series title. Within each book series title, organization is based on original date of work. All other materials are organized within their series based upon original date of work.

Collection Historical Note

E. E. Knight is a science fiction and fantasy author and game designer. He graduated from Northern Illinois University in 1987 with a double major in History and Political Science. Although born in La Crosse, Wisconsin, E. E. Knight grew up in Minnesota. His current works are the "Vampire Earth" and "Age of Fire" series. In "Vampire Earth" the future is dark as humans fight vampires, the Kurians, who have taken over Earth."Age of Fire" follows a young dragon, Auron, in his search for others of his kind. When Knight is not writing or gaming, he teaches a genre fiction writing class. This is a far cry from his first job of training and cleaning up after his neighbor's field-show team of Labrador retrievers. Other jobs held by E. E. Knight included "managing a McDonald's to writing code for Andersen Consulting."

Biographical Note

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">b. Mar. 7, 1965 in La Crosse, Wisconsin; grew up in Stillwater, Minnesota; lives in Illinois with wife and family; E. E. Knight is the pen name for a science fiction and fantasy writer.</span>

Subject/Index Terms

Knight, E.E.
Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America

Administrative Information

Repository: Northern Illinois University

Access Restrictions: Photographs and photocopies of collection are prohibited.

Use Restrictions: Property Rights are transferred to the University Libraries per the signed Deed of Gift Document. Literary Rights are retained by the content creator. Any copyrights so stated in the materials remain in force.

Acquisition Source: E. E. Knight

Acquisition Method: Dropped off by donor.

Appraisal Information: Additions by E. E. Knight: 1/23/2008, 3/5/2008, 5/14/2008, 12/22/2008, 7/6/2009, 3/27/2010

Related Materials: For more information please see http://eeknight.com/Home.aspx.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series I: Novels],
[Series II: Unpublished Works],
[Series III: Correspondence],
[Series IV: Miscellaneous],
[All]

Series I: Novels

Box 1

Folder 1: Vampire Earth [first version of backstory], 1990s
Folder 2: Vampire Earth [early version], 1990s
Folder 3: Vampire Earth: Book 1: The Way of the Wolf [earliest version of manuscript] no page numbers, 1999
Folder 4: Vampire Earth: Book 1: The Way of the Wolf [ebook|AOL TimeWarner] title page to chapter 6, 2000
Folder 5: Vampire Earth: Book 1: The Way of the Wolf [ebook|AOL TimeWarner] chapter 7 to chapter 12, 2000
Folder 6: Vampire Earth: Book 1: The Way of the Wolf [Dutton style sheet], no date
Folder 7: Vampire Earth: Book 1: The Way of the Wolf [publish typeset] title page to chapter 8, 2001
Folder 8: Vampire Earth: Book 1: The Way of the Wolf [publish typeset] chapter 9 to end, 2001
Folder 9: Vampire Earth: Book 1: The Way of the Wolf [final copy edits|ROC] editor forms to chapter 5, 2003
Folder 10: Vampire Earth: Book 1: The Way of the Wolf [final copy edits|ROC] chapter 6 to chapter 10, 2003

Box 2

Folder 1: Vampire Earth: Book 1: The Way of the Wolf [final copy edits|ROC] chapter 11 to end, 2003
Folder 2: Vampire Earth: Book 2: The Code of the Cat [Choice of the Cat] [first draft] chapter 1 to chapter 8, 2000
Folder 3: Vampire Earth: Book 2: The Code of the Cat [Choice of the Cat] [first draft] chapter 9 to end, 2000
Folder 4: Vampire Earth: Book 2: The Code of the Cat [Choice of the Cat] [edited manuscript] chapter 1 to chapter 8, 2001
Folder 5: Vampire Earth: Book 2: The Code of the Cat [Choice of the Cat] [edited manuscript] chapter 9 to end, 2001
Folder 6: Vampire Earth: Book 2: The Code of the Cat [Choice of the Cat] [signet layouts], 12/3/2003
Folder 7: Vampire Earth: Book 2: The Code of the Cat [Choice of the Cat] [copyedit|ROC] title page to chapter 5, no date

Box 3

Folder 1: Vampire Earth: Book 2: The Code of the Cat [Choice of the Cat] [copyedit|ROC] chapter 6 to chapter 8, no date
Folder 2: Vampire Earth: Book 2: The Code of the Cat [Choice of the Cat] [copyedit|ROC] chapter 9 to end, no date
Folder 3: Vampire Earth: Book 3: Tale of the Thunderbolt [final copyedits|ROC] critics page to chapter 3, 2005
Folder 4: Vampire Earth: Book 3: Tale of the Thunderbolt [final copyedits|ROC] chapter 4 to chapter 6, 2005
Folder 5: Vampire Earth: Book 3: Tale of the Thunderbolt [final copyedits|ROC] chapter 7 to chapter 8, 2005
Folder 6: Vampire Earth: Book 3: Tale of the Thunderbolt [final copyedits|ROC] chapter 9 to end, 2005

Box 4

Folder 1: Vampire Earth: Book 4: Valentine's Rising [query list], no date
Folder 2: Vampire Earth: Book 4: Valentine's Rising [character list], no date
Folder 3: Vampire Earth: Book 4: Valentine's Rising [page proof|ROC] chapter 1, 7/29/2005
Folder 4: Vampire Earth: Book 4: Valentine's Rising [copyedit|ROC] title page to chapter 7, 2005
Folder 5: Vampire Earth: Book 4: Valentine's Rising [copyedit|ROC] chapter 8 to end, 2005
Folder 6: Vampire Earth: Book 5: Valentine's Exile [final copyedits|ROC] title page to chapter 5, 2006
Folder 7: Vampire Earth: Book 5: Valentine's Exile [final copyedits|ROC] chapter 6 to chapter 9, 2006
Folder 8: Vampire Earth: Book 5: Valentine's Exile [final copyedits|ROC] chapter 10 to chapter 12, 2006

Box 5

Folder 1: Vampire Earth: Book 5: Valentine's Exile [page proof|ROC] chapter 1, 2006
Folder 2: Vampire Earth: Book 6: Valentine's Resolve [NAL sample layouts] 19 pages, 1/19/2007
Folder 3: Vampire Earth: Book 6: Valentine's Resolve [production letter|proof form|foul setting], 2/12-13/2007
Folder 4: Vampire Earth: Book 6: Valentine's Resolve [comprehensive layout|ROC] title page to chapter 7, 2/12/2007
Folder 5: Vampire Earth: Book 6: Valentine's Resolve [comprehensive layout|ROC] chapter 8 to end, 2/12/2007
Folder 6: Vampire Earth: Book 6: Valentine's Resolve [final copyedit|ROC] title page to chapter 4, 7-Jul
Folder 7: Vampire Earth: Book 6: Valentine's Resolve [final copyedit|ROC] chapter 5 to chapter 7, 7-Jul
Folder 8: Vampire Earth: Book 6: Valentine's Resolve [final copyedit|ROC] chapter 8 to chapter 11, 7-Jul
Folder 9: Vampire Earth: Book 6: Valentine's Resolve [final copyedit|ROC] chapter 12 to end, 7-Jul

Box 6

Folder 1: Vampire Earth: Book 7: Fall with Honor [NAL sample layouts], 1/14/2008
Folder 2: Vampire Earth: Book 7: Fall with Honor [page proof] chapter 1, 2/21/2008
Folder 3: Vampire Earth: Book 7: Fall with Honor [final copyedits] title page to chapter 4, 2008
Folder 4: Vampire Earth: Book 7: Fall with Honor [final copyedits] chapter 5 to chapter 9, 2008
Folder 5: Vampire Earth: Book 7: Fall with Honor [final copyedits] chapter 10 to end, 2008
Folder 6: Vampire Earth: Book 8: Winter Duty [page proof|ROC] page i to page 77, 2/27/2009
Folder 7: Vampire Earth: Book 8: Winter Duty [page proof|ROC] page 78 to page 170, 2/27/2009
Folder 8: Vampire Earth: Book 8: Winter Duty [page proof|ROC] page 171 to 262, 2/27/2009

Box 7

Folder 1: Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cult of the Cataclysm [outline], no date
Folder 2: Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Last Cult [typed copy], 2003
Folder 3: Age of Fire: Book 1 [Dragon Champion] Dragontale: Pride of the Clutch [first part of book] title page to page 104, 2002
Folder 4: Age of Fire: Book 1 [Dragon Champion] Drake [second part of book] page 105 to page 282, 2002
Folder 5: Age of Fire: Book 1 [Dragon Champion] Dragon [third part of book] page 283 to 446, 2002
Folder 6: Age of Fire: Book 1: Dragon Champion [final copyedit|ROC|first part of book] title page to page 139, 5-Dec
Folder 7: Age of Fire: Book 1: Dragon Champion [Drake] [final copyedit|ROC|first part of book] page 140 to 377, 5-Dec

Box 8

Folder 1: Age of Fire: Book 1 [Dragon Champion] Dragontale 2,3,4 [outlines] 4 pages, 2004
Folder 2: Age of Fire: Book 2: Dragon Avenger [final copyedit|ROC] page i to page 139, 2006
Folder 3: Age of Fire: Book 2: Dragon Avenger [Drakka] [final copyedit|ROC|second part of book] page 140 to page 279, 2006
Folder 4: Age of Fire: Book 1 [Dragon Champion] Dragon [final copyedit|ROC|third part of book] page 378 to 589, 5-Dec
Folder 5: Age of Fire: Book 2: Dragon Avenger [final copyedit|ROC] page 280 to page 399, 2006
Folder 6: Age of Fire: Book 2: Dragon Avenger [Dragonelle] [final copyedit|ROC|third part of book] page 400 to page 549, 2006
Folder 7: Age of Fire: Book 3: Dragon Outcast [NAL sample layout] 20 pages, 6/4/2007
Folder 8: Age of Fire: Book 3: Dragon Outcast [page proof|ROC|first part of book] page i to page 100, 7/10/2007

Box 9

Folder 1: Age of Fire: Book 3: Dragon Outcast [Drake] [page proof|ROC|second part of book] page 101 to page 246, 7/10/2007
Folder 2: Age of Fire: Book 3: Dragon Outcast [Dragon] [page proof|ROC|third part of book] page 247 to page 351, 7/10/2007
Folder 3: Age of Fire: Book 3: Dragon Outcast [page proof|ROC|first part of book] page i to page 173, 7/10/2007
Folder 4: Age of Fire: Book 3: Dragon Outcast [page proof|ROC|second part of book] page 174 to page 356, 7/10/2007
Folder 5: Age of Fire: Book 3: Dragon Outcast [edited manuscript|first part of book] page 1 to page 154, no date
Folder 6: Age of Fire: Book 3: Dragon Outcast [edited manuscript|second part of book] page 155 to page 285, no date

Box 10

Folder 1: Age of Fire: Book 3: Dragon Outcast [final copyedit|ROC] page i to page 149, 7-Dec
Folder 2: Age of Fire: Book 3: Dragon Outcast [final copyedit|ROC] page 150 to page 275, 7-Dec
Folder 3: Age of Fire: Book 3: Dragon Outcast [final copyedit|ROC] page 276 to page 393, 7-Dec
Folder 4: Age of Fire: Book 4: Dragon Strike [final proof|ROC] page i to page 96, 8-Dec
Folder 5: Age of Fire: Book 4: Dragon Strike [final proof|ROC] page 97 to page 207, 8-Dec
Folder 6: Age of Fire: Book 4: Dragon Strike [final proof|ROC] page 208 to page 355, 8-Dec
Folder 7: Age of Fire: Book 4: Dragon Strike [final proof|ROC] page 356 to page 500, 8-Dec
Folder 8: Age of Fire: Book 4: Dragon Strike [partial page proof|ROC] various pages, 7/23/2009

Box 11

Folder 1: Reprisal [manuscript by E. Eliot Fryers|critiqued by Knight] chapter 1 to chapter 4, 2002
Folder 2: Reprisal [manuscript by E. Eliot Fryers|critiqued by Knight] chapter 5 to chapter 9, 2002
Folder 3: Reprisal [manuscript by E. Eliot Fryers|critiqued by Knight] chapter 10 to epilogue, 2002
Folder 4: Hunting Sweetie Rose [manuscript by Jack Fredrickson|critiqued by Knight] page 1 to page 109, no date
Folder 5: Hunting Sweetie Rose [manuscript by Jack Fredrickson|critiqued by Knight] page 110 to page 189, no date
Folder 6: Hunting Sweetie Rose [manuscript by Jack Fredrickson|critiqued by Knight] page 190 to page 291, no date
Folder 7: Hunting Sweetie Rose [manuscript by Jack Fredrickson|critiqued by Knight] page 292 to page 395, no date

Browse by Series:

[Series I: Novels],
[Series II: Unpublished Works],
[Series III: Correspondence],
[Series IV: Miscellaneous],
[All]