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Collection Overview
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The E.E. Knight Papers consists of printed (paper-based) manuscripts for unpublished works, short stories and novels by E.E. Knight, along with a small amount of correspondence related to those materials.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 Series I consists of novels; Series II consists of unpublished works.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
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],
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Series II: Unpublished Works],
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Series III: Correspondence],
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Series IV: Miscellaneous],
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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]