Kathryn Knight, who uses the pen name K I Knight, is an international award-winning Author, Genetic Genealogist, American Historian, Keynote Speaker, and Cemetery Preservationist. Over the last thirteen years, Knight has documented more than 20,000 hours researching the first recorded Africans to arrive in the English settlement of Virginia in 1619. Her passion is unrivaled and strongly evident in her published writings. Her literary work includes "Fate & Freedom," a five star - Gold medal historical trilogy detailing the lives of the 1619 Africans, as well as her nonfiction work, "Unveiled - The Twenty and Odd," for which she was awarded the Phillis Wheatley Literary Award by the Sons and Daughters of the US Middle Passage. Knight is a board member for several National Non-profit organizations and the member of the Florida numerous Genealogy, Historical and Literary Societies including the Afro American Historical and Genealogical Society, Florida State Genealogy Society, Virginia Genealogy Society, Virginia Historical Society, Florida Historical Society, American Historical Association, Genealogy Speakers Guild, Association of Professional Genealogists, the Alliance of Independent Authors, the National Association of Professional Women, and the Director of 1619 Genealogy. The mother of three adult children, Knight, lives in North Florida with her husband, Tom.