Introduction | Biographical Sketch | Scope and Content | Series Description | Inventory |

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 Researchers are responsible for securing copyright permission when using all unpublished manuscripts and published works whether authored by Kathleen Morgan or by other writers whose works may be found in this collection.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

Folder

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

Box 2: Novel Manuscripts

Folder

1. Crystal Fire. Edited manuscript, Chapters 12-13
2. Crystal Fire. Edited manuscript, Chapters 14-15
3. Crystal Fire. Edited manuscript, Chapter 16 (2 copies)
4. Crystal Fire. Edited manuscript, Chapters 17-18
5. Crystal Fire. Synopsis
6. Crystal Fire. Writing Notes
7. Child of the Mist (1993). Manuscript, Prologue - Chapter 3
8. Child of the Mist. Manuscript, Chapters 4-6
9. Child of the Mist. Manuscript, Chapters 7-9
10. Child of the Mist. Manuscript, Chapters 10-12
11. Child of the Mist. Manuscript, Chapters 13-15
12. Child of the Mist. Manuscript, Chapters 16-18
13. Child of the Mist. Manuscript, Chapters 19-21

Box 3: Novel Manuscripts

Folder

1. Child of the Mist. Synopsis
2. Child of the Mist. Writing Notes
3. Firestar (1993). Manuscript, Prologue - Chapter 3
4. Firestar. Manuscript, Chapters 4-6
5. Firestar. Manuscript, Chapters 7-9
6. Firestar. Manuscript, Chapters 10-12
7. Firestar. Manuscript, Chapters 13-15
8. Firestar. Manuscript, Chapters 16-17
9. Firestar. Manuscript, Chapters 18-20
10. Firestar. Synopsis
11. Firestar. Writing Notes
12. Demon Prince (1994). Manuscript, Prologue - Chapter 2
13. Demon Prince. Manuscript, Chapters 3-5
14. Demon Prince. Manuscript, Chapters 6-8

Box 4: Novel Manuscripts

Folder

1. Demon Prince. Manuscript, Chapters 9-11
2. Demon Prince. Manuscript, Chapters 12-14
3. Demon Prince. Manuscript, Chapters 15-17
4. Demon Prince. Manuscript, Chapters 18-19
5. Demon Prince. Manuscript, Chapters 20-21
6. Demon Prince. Manuscript, Characters
7. Demon Prince. Manuscript, Synopsis
8. Demon Prince. Manuscript, Writing Notes
9. Fire Queen (1994). Edited manuscript, Prologue - Chapter 2
10. Fire Queen. Edited manuscript, Chapters 3-5
11. Fire Queen. Edited manuscript, Chapters 6-8
12. Fire Queen. Edited manuscript, Chapters 9-11

Box 5: Novel Manuscripts

Folder

1. Fire Queen. Edited manuscript, Chapters 12-14
2. Fire Queen. Edited manuscript, Chapters 15-17
3. Fire Queen. Edited manuscript, Chapters 18-19
4. Fire Queen. Edited manuscript, Chapter 20 - Epilogue
5. Fire Queen. Characters
6. Fire Queen. Synopsis
7. Fire Queen. Writing Notes
8. Heart's Surrender (1994). Manuscript, Prologue - Chapter 2
9. Heart's Surrender. Manuscript, Chapters 3-5
10. Heart's Surrender. Manuscript, Chapters 6-8
11. Heart's Surrender. Manuscript, Chapters 9-10
12. Heart's Surrender. Manuscript, Chapters 11-13
13. Heart's Surrender. Manuscript, Chapters 14-16
14. Heart's Surrender. Manuscript, Chapters 17-18

Box 6: Novel Manuscripts

Folder

1. Heart's Surrender (1994). Manuscript, Chapters 19-21
2. Heart's Surrender (1994). Manuscript, Chapter 22 - Epilogue
3. Heart's Surrender. Characters
4. Heart's Surrender. Synopsis
5. Heart's Surrender. Writing Notes
6. Certain Magic (1995). Synopsis and Character Descriptions
7. Certain Magic. Writing Notes
8. Enchant the Heavens (1995). Edited manuscript, Prologue - Chapter 3
9. Enchant the Heavens. Edited manuscript, Chapters 4-6
10. Enchant the Heavens. Edited manuscript, Chapters 7-10
11. Enchant the Heavens. Edited manuscript, Chapters 11-13
12. Enchant the Heavens. Edited manuscript, Chapters 14-16
13. Enchant the Heavens. Edited manuscript, Chapters 17-19
14. Enchant the Heavens. Edited manuscript, Chapters 20-23
15. Enchant the Heavens. Art Worksheet
16. Enchant the Heavens. Synopsis (original, revised and final version)
17. Enchant the Heavens. Writing Notes

Box 7: Novel Manuscripts

Folder

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

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