Browne Popular Culture Library

PCL MS-181: Kathleen Morgan Collection

Introduction

Kathleen Morgan transferred her collection to the Browne Popular Culture Library at Bowling Green State University in 1991. The collection has no restrictions placed on its use for scholarly purposes. Researchers are responsible for securing copyright permission when using all unpublished manuscripts and published works whether authored by Kathleen Morgan or by other writers whose works may be found in this collection.

This collection of 3.5 cubic feet of documents dates from 1991 to 1996 and consists of either original or edited manuscripts of the author's novels. The collection also contains the author's writing notes, character descriptions and cover art suggestions.

This finding aid prepared by Mary Koslovsky in October 2005.

Biographical Sketch

Kathleen Morgan, one of four daughters of a career Army officer, was born in Long Beach, California. She is a registered nurse with a master's degree in counseling. During her childhood and as a former Army nurse herself, she has lived in Germany, Korea, Maryland, Texas, Virginia, Louisiana, Florida, Washington D.C., Alabama, California and Colorado.

Morgan began her career writing futuristic romance novels. Her first manuscript, written while stationed in Korea as an Army nurse, was published in 1991. From 1991-1998 she wrote fourteen more futuristic, fantasy, and historical romances, most of which are represented in this collection. Many of her historical romances are set in the British Isles. In 1998, after the death of her youngest son, she decided to write only for the Christian fiction market. Since then she has written numerous inspirational historical and contemporary romances and inspirational historical women's fiction.

A member of Romance Writers of America, she has received numerous awards for her work, including a Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice award and Career Achievement award and the Literary Times Award for Literary Excellence in the field of Romantic Fiction. She was also a Romance Writers of America RITA finalist.

She currently resides in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Scope and Content

The Kathleen Morgan Collection is comprised of 3.5 cubic feet of manuscripts, writing notes, character descriptions and development and cover art suggestions. The collection covers the period of 1991-1996 and includes material from published futuristic romance novels.

Of particular interest to researchers and aspiring writers are the notes included in the collection. They include research material as well as plot line ideas. Editor's comments also appear on some of the manuscripts, with comments regarding characters, scenes, language and story lines.

Series Description

Literary Manuscripts: Novel Manuscripts; 1991-1996; Arranged chronologically; Kathleen Morgan's collection includes original and edited manuscripts, and in some cases, extensive writing notes, the story synopsis, character descriptions and cover art suggestions. The manuscripts are generally broken down into parts of 2-3 chapters each or approximately 50-60 pages for each part.

Inventory

Box 1
Manuscripts
Folder	Description	Date
Heart's Lair		1991
1	Manuscript, Prologue - Chapter 2
2	Manuscript, Chapters 3-5
3	Manuscript, Chapters 6-8
4	Manuscript, Chapters 9-11
5	Manuscript, Chapters 12-14
6	Manuscript, Chapters 15-16
7	Manuscript, Chapters 17-18
Crystal Fire		1992
8	Edited manuscript, Chapters 1-3
9	Edited manuscript, Chapters 4-5
10	Edited manuscript, Chapter 6 (2 copies)
11	Edited manuscript, Chapters 7-8
12	Edited manuscript, Chapter 9 (2 copies) and Chapter 10
13	Edited manuscript, Chapter 11 (2 copies)

Box 2
Manuscripts
Folder	Description	Date
Crystal Fire (con't.)		1992
1	Edited manuscript, Chapters 12-13
2	Edited manuscript, Chapters 14-15
3	Edited manuscript, Chapter 16 (2 copies)
4	Edited manuscript, Chapters 17-18
5	Synopsis
6	Writing Notes
Child of the Mist		1993
7	Manuscript, Prologue - Chapter 3
8	Manuscript, Chapters 4-6
9	Manuscript, Chapters 7-9
10	Manuscript, Chapters 10-12
11	Manuscript, Chapters 13-15
12	Manuscript, Chapters 16-18
13	Manuscript, Chapters 19-21

Box 3
Manuscripts
Folder	Description	Date
Child of the Mist (con't.)		1993
1	Synopsis
2	Writing Notes
Firestar		1993
3	Manuscript, Prologue - Chapter 3
4	Manuscript, Chapters 4-6
5	Manuscript, Chapters 7-9
6	Manuscript, Chapters 10-12
7	Manuscript, Chapters 13-15
8	Manuscript, Chapters 16-17
9	Manuscript, Chapters 18-20
10	Synopsis
11	Writing Notes
Demon Prince		1994
12	Manuscript, Prologue - Chapter 2
13	Manuscript, Chapters 3-5
14	Manuscript, Chapters 6-8

Box 4
Manuscripts
Folder	Description	Date
Demon Prince (con't.)		1994
1	Manuscript, Chapters 9-11
2	Manuscript, Chapters 12-14
3	Manuscript, Chapters 15-17
4	Manuscript, Chapters 18-19
5	Manuscript, Chapters 20-21
6	Manuscript, Characters
7	Manuscript, Synopsis
8	Manuscript, Writing Notes
Fire Queen		1994
9	Edited manuscript, Prologue - Chapter 2
10	Edited manuscript, Chapters 3-5
11	Edited manuscript, Chapters 6-8
12	Edited manuscript, Chapters 9-11

Box 5
Manuscripts
Folder	Description	Date
Fire Queen (con't.)		1994
1	Edited manuscript, Chapters 12-14
2	Edited manuscript, Chapters 15-17
3	Edited manuscript, Chapters 18-19
4	Edited manuscript, Chapter 20 - Epilogue
5	Characters
6	Synopsis
7	Writing Notes
Heart's Surrender		1994
8	Manuscript, Prologue - Chapter 2
9	Manuscript, Chapters 3-5
10	Manuscript, Chapters 6-8
11	Manuscript, Chapters 9-10
12	Manuscript, Chapters 11-13
13	Manuscript, Chapters 14-16
14	Manuscript, Chapters 17-18

Box 6
Manuscripts
Folder	Description	Date
Heart's Surrender (con't.)		1994
1	Manuscript, Chapters 19-21
2	Manuscript, Chapter 22 - Epilogue
3	Characters
4	Synopsis
5	Writing Notes
Certain Magic		1995
6	Synopsis and Character Descriptions
7	Writing Notes
Enchant the Heavens		1995
8	Edited manuscript, Prologue - Chapter 3
9	Edited manuscript, Chapters 4-6
10	Edited manuscript, Chapters 7-10
11	Edited manuscript, Chapters 11-13
12	Edited manuscript, Chapters 14-16
13	Edited manuscript, Chapters 17-19
14	Edited manuscript, Chapters 20-23
15	Art Worksheet
16	Synopsis (original, revised and final version)
17	Writing Notes

Box 7
Manuscripts
Folder	Description	Date
Firestorm		1995
1	Cover art suggestions
2	Synopsis
3	Writing Notes
Enchant the Dream		1996
4	Edited manuscript, Prologue - Chapter 1
5	Edited manuscript, Chapters 2-3
6	Edited manuscript, Chapters 4-6
7	Edited manuscript, Chapters 7-8
8	Edited manuscript, Chapters 9-11
9	Edited manuscript, Chapters 12-13
10	Edited manuscript, Chapters 14-15
11	Edited manuscript, Chapters 16-18
12	Edited manuscript, Chapters 19-20
13	Edited manuscript, Chapter 21 - Epilogue
14	Synopsis and Character Worksheet
15	Writing Notes

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