David Korinetz grew up in Winnipeg on a steady diet of perogies and comic books. While living in Winter-Peg he was employed by Bristol Aerospace for nearly two decades, working on Canadian fighter jets and helicopters. In the nineties he packed up his minivan and moved to British Columbia where he began a new career in the software industry. While working as a computer programmer/technical writer, he decided to do some writing at home in his spare time.

The catalyst that got David started down the path of writing fiction was his enrollment in a Writer's Digest correspondence course. His instructor was Steven F. Havill, an accomplished writer of western fiction. David was introduced to such things as what POV (point of view) means, why good stories need well crafted plots, and more importantly, the value of a workable story outline. Armed with this new wealth of knowledge David was able to complete FireDrakes, his first fantasy novel.

David eventually founded Red Tuque Books, a book distribution company for Canadian authors and publishers based in Penticton BC. Under the Red Tuque banner, David published over sixty other Canadian authors in seven annual issues of the Canadian Tales short story anthology. To date, David has written and published five novels. Currently, he is working on 'Necromancer', the sixth novel in his Daemon Knight fantasy series.

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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, 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.

David, masked and social distancing, at the Penticton Saturday Morning Farmers Market.

David was busy getting Prophet finished and published. He painted the cover image and did three pencil drawings for the inside. 

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.

David was awarded the 2016 Literary Award during the third annual Penticton And District Arts awards, held Thursday, February 18th, at the Shatford Centre.

This was a wonderful night of food, wine, entertainment and of course, the awards. The Literary Award was sponsored by the Penticton Herald.

David visits KVR Middle School to talk with the grade 7 students about writing and publishing.

Thanks to Yasmin John-Thorpe, and the South Okanagan Raise A Reader program, each student selected one of his books to take home with them.

David visits Summerland Secondary to talk with the grade nines about Fanatasy writing. 

Thanks to Yasmin John-Thorpe, and the South Okanagan Raise A Reader program, each student selected one of his books to take home with them.

David visits the Osoyoos Elementary School to talk with the grade 6/7 students about writing and publishing. 

Thanks to the Penticton Herald South Okanagan Raise A Reader program, each student received one of his books to take home. 

David visits Skaha Lake Middle School to talk with the grade eights about writing and publishing.

Thanks to the Penticton Herald South Okanagan Raise A Reader program, each student received one of his books to take home.

David presents Shane Koyczan with the Penticton And District Art Council's Literary Arts Award. This wonderful event which celebrates outstanding achievement in the arts was held at the Shatford Centre, on February 27th, and was emceed by retired CBC broadcaster, Bob Nicholson.

David's distribution company, Red Tuque Books, was the sponsor of this 1st annual Literary Award. 

David being interviewed at Penticton Secondary by Shaw TV for Go Okanagan during a Raise-a-Reader visit. David shares what he has learned about writing and publishing with some of the English students. 

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Mike Plested interviews David for 'Get Published'. They talk about David's books and his Canadian book distribution company, 'Red Tuque Books'.

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David at another Raise-a-Reader author event. This time at Princess Margaret Secondary, where he shared what he has learned about writing and publishing with the grade 9, 10 and 11 English students. 

Each student received one of his books to take home.

David, being interviewed by Shaw TV for Go Okanagan at the Authors & Artists Christmas Faire. David talks about self publishing, his Canadian book distribution company, Red Tuque Books, and the Canadian Tales writing contest. 

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David attending a Raise-a-Reader author event at Oliver Elementary. He discussed Fantasy writing and publishing with the students.

Each student received a book of their own to take home.

David, being interviewed by Kevin Schilter for WindWard TV. David talks about his novels, his Canadian book distribution company, Red Tuque Books, and using WindWard software to handle consignment issues. 

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Dave, in the school library at Penticton Secondary, talking about writing and publishing with the students. This event was sponsored by the South Okanagan Raise A Reader program.

Dave poses for a picture with Meg Tilly at Hooked On Books during her visit to Penticton. She was one of the instructors at the 2010 Penticton Writers And Publishers Youth Write Camp.

Besides the Youth write Camp, Penticton Writers And Publishers also sponsors an annual Young Writers Contest. For more information about these events click here.

Dave poses with one of three grade 8 classes he visited at South Okanagan Secondary this year. Raise A Reader sponsored the visits and provided a book for each student in the class. This 'books for kids' aspect of the South Okanagan Raise A Reader program is the brainchild of Yasmin John-Thorpe who also manages the program.

Dave is busy with Raise-a-reader events again. This time at McNicoll School. He discusses writing, publishing with the children and reads from his book.

Each child is given a copy of their own to take home.

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Dave talked about fantasy writing and read to the students at Skaha lake Middle School. 

"What great kids. They are very mature and interesting. There will be some good writers coming out of that group. It was a good time for me and I think for them as well." David Korinetz