| 词条 | Richard A. Knaak |
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| name = Richard A. Knaak | image = | imagesize = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|5|28}}[1] | birth_place = Chicago, Illinois[1] | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = | nationality = United States | ethnicity = | citizenship = | period = | genre = Fantasy | subject = | movement = | notableworks = Dragonlance series Dragonrealm series Diablo novels Warcraft novels | spouse = | partner = | children = | relatives = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | signature = | website = {{URL|http://www.richardaknaak.com/Intro.html}} | portaldisp = }} Richard A. Knaak (born 28 May 1961 in Chicago[1]) 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. Early life and educationRichard Allen Knaak was born May 28, 1961 in Chicago, Illinois, to James Richard Knaak and Anna Maria (Trappen) Knaak.[1] He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, studying chemistry at first,[2] and subsequently rhetoric, and earned a bachelor's degree in 1984.[1] He worked as a warehouseman, resume writer, and office clerk before becoming a full-time freelance writer in 1988.[1] CareerAfter reading Andre Norton's Storm over Warlock, he became a fan of fantasy and science fiction.[1] He eventually sold his first short story in 1986, and it was published in 1987.{{citation needed|date=January 2013}} 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.[3] He also wrote the ten-volume Dragonrealm series, and the first Dragonrealm story, "Firedrake," helped him get his first Dragonlance project.[3] 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.[3] He has also worked on novels based in the worlds of the computer games Warcraft and Diablo.[3] Knaak lists Roger Zelazny, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and Edgar Allan Poe as major influences,[1] 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. BibliographyDragonlance
Dragonrealm
Diablo
Warcraft
Age of Conan
Independent
References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{cite book| author= William Laskowski| title=Guide to Literary Masters & Their Works | url=http://quicksearch.chipublib.org/cgi-bin/cpl-gr.pl?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lfh&AN=103331LM44919790304197&site=lrc-live | date=January 2007}} 2. ^http://www.richardaknaak.com/Bio.html 3. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=http://ww2.wizards.com/Books/Wizards/Bios/default.aspx?doc=RichardAKnaak|title=Richard A Knaak|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224005425/http://ww2.wizards.com/Books/Wizards/Bios/default.aspx?doc=RichardAKnaak|archivedate=February 24, 2009}} External links
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