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David Monette

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David Monette was born and raised in Upstate New York. As a youngster, he liked to draw creatures and contraptions, but as the second born of four sons, such ability was merely a convenient way of standing out from the crowd. As he inexpertly stumbled through high school, his talent for capturing the images in his head onto paper was noticed and encouraged.

Without any other idea of what to do with himself after graduation, besides a vague idea of doing something art oriented, he decided to attend Mohawk Valley Community College where he received his associate degree in Advertising Design and Production. Acting on excellent advice from his teachers at this institution, he then went on to Syracuse University where he earned a bachelor's degr David Monette was born and raised in Upstate New York. As a youngster, he liked to draw creatures and contraptions, but as the second born of four sons, such ability was merely a convenient way of standing out from the crowd. As he inexpertly stumbled through high school, his talent for capturing the images in his head onto paper was noticed and encouraged.

Without any other idea of what to do with himself after graduation, besides a vague idea of doing something art oriented, he decided to attend Mohawk Valley Community College where he received his associate degree in Advertising Design and Production. Acting on excellent advice from his teachers at this institution, he then went on to Syracuse University where he earned a bachelor's degree in Illustration.

With a disturbingly large amount of student debt and a decent portfolio, Monette learned what it was to be a starving artist. Namely, he found that artists don't starve; they simply pick up an endless series of part time work to pay the rent while continuing to plug away at their true passion. This was essentially what he did until he received his first illustration job and from that point on, he didn't look back. As an illustrator, his highly detailed fantasy and science fiction work has appeared in many books, magazines, board games, and collectible card games for such varied publishers as Dell Publishing, Wizards of the Coast, and Atlas Games. Initially, he completed these projects utilizing oil and acrylic paints as well as pen and ink.

As digital technology continued to improve, however, he decided it was time to tackle the arduous task of mastering the computer and eventually figured out a way to adapt his style to a digital format. With this experience, coupled with a strong impulse to impart what knowledge he had about art and how it is made to those seeking such knowledge in a college setting, he went back to school and received his master's degree in Illustration from the University of Hartford. While there, his instructors reviewed his written work and strongly suggested that he combine his writing ability with his talent as an illustrator to chart his own path.

Since that time, he has written and illustrated four novels and has taught art at North Country Community College, Clinton Community College, and, where he is at now, Plattsburgh State University.
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	The Zombie Axiom (In the Time of the Dead Trilogy, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Warring Dead (In the Time of the Dead, #2) 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Eternal Undead (In the Time of the Dead, #3) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Interior Art for the In the Time of the Dead Trilogy

For those of you who don't know, I’m the author and illustrator for the “ In the Time of the Dead Trilogy. ” What holding these titles means is that I not only had the chance to write the books, but I was also able to do the covers and the interior artwork for them. For someone like me, a person who has always loved everything about books, it was kind of a dream come true. So what I’m going to Read more of this blog post »

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