David Korinetz grew up in Winter-Peg, where he was employed by Bristol Aerospace for nearly two decades working on Canadian fighter jets and helicopters. He packed up his minivan in 1993 and moved to British Columbia, where he began a new career in the software industry as a computer programmer/technical writer.
In 2003, David started down the path of writing fiction by enrolling in a Writer's Digest correspondence course. He eventually founded Red Tuque Books, a book distribution company for Canadian publishers. Under the Red Tuque banner, David also published over sixty Canadian authors in seven annual issues of the Canadian Tales short story anthology. To date, David has written and published six novels in his Daemon Knight fantasy series.
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What has David been up to?
David gets the proof for Necromancer – August 2024
This is a photo of David receiving his proof copy of Necromancer, book #6 in the Chronicles of the Daemon Knights fantasy series.
Necromancer was released on August 17, 2024. Due to reader feedback at the first book signing for Necromancer, David learned that some copies of Halfling, Book #3, had been sold with a page missing. The missing (blank) page just happens to be the last page of the story, on page 287. If you have purchased a copy of Halfling, with the last page missing, please use the contact form on this website to let David know.
David & Edna having fun at the Market – June 2024
This was a selfie Edna took at the market while David was making his Elf Wizard face. David liked it so much he decided to use it for the bio photo in his next book. Necromancer will be released in mid August, 2024.
Life just seemed to keep getting in the way ever since the release of Prophet, so Necromancer ended up taking four years to complete. Hopefully, the next book will not take so long.
Christmas Market at Cherry Lane Mall – December 2023
David was signing books at Cherry Lane Mall during the 2023 Penticton Farmers Christmas Market. He had a great time talking with old friends and introducing new ones to his Fantasy Series. He was also letting everyone know the planned release date for Necromancer is July 2024.
In The Philippines – October 2022 to March 2023
Back in the Philippines. In January, Dave and Edna visited Fort Santiago, Intramuros Manila. This is a 16th century Spanish fort complete with dungeons, which we were able to walk through. See the short video below.
This fort was also the site of a major battle between US and Japanese forces in 1945. Some of the walls inside the fort are riddled with bullet holes. The far side of the doorway in this photo was badly damaged when an American tank tried to drive through it during the battle.
In The Philippines – March 2022
In the Philippines, Dave and Edna visited Tagaytay in order to see the volcano Taal from the top of The Peoples Park. This was a Bucket List item for David.
At The Farmers Market – May 2021
David, masked and social distancing, at the Penticton Saturday Morning Farmers Market.
Stuck at home due to Pandemic – April 2020
David was busy getting Prophet finished and published. He painted the cover image and did three pencil drawings for the inside.
At The Penticton ARTS Market – July 2019
David at the Penticton Saturday Morning ARTS Market. This market runs from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm, every Saturday morning in July and August.
Meeting Kim Coates at the Penticton Market, August 2018
David met Kim Coates at the Penticton Saturday morning market, where the actor took this selfie in front of David’s booth. They talked a bit about Kim’s role in Sons of Anarchy and his CBC Bad Blood series. To David, Kim seemed like a real down to earth nice guy, and not at all like the ‘gangster killer type’ he tends to portray on screen.
The first annual Penticton Penti-Con, July 2017
David attended the first annual Penticton Comic Convention, held Saturday, July 8th, at the Penticton Lakeside Resort Hotel. This was a fantastic sold out event.