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Occupation
  
author

Role
  
Author

Name
  
David Wellington

Notable works
  
Monster Island

Genre
  
horror


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Education
  
Pennsylvania State University, Syracuse University, Pratt Institute

Books
  
Monster Island, Thirteen Bullets, Frostbite, Monster Nation, 99 Coffins

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David Wellington (born 1971) is an American writer of horror fiction, best known for his Zombie trilogy. He also writes science fiction as D. Nolan Clark.

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Biography

Wellington was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He attended Syracuse University and received an MFA in creative writing from Penn State. He also holds a master's degree in Library Science from the Pratt Institute. He now lives in New York City.

He made his debut as a comic book writer on Marvel Zombies Return: Iron Man.

Monster trilogy

The Monster novels involve a global zombie apocalypse and describe how humanity has been reduced to tiny pockets of existence.

  1. Monster Island
  2. Monster Nation
  3. Monster Planet

Vampire series

Wellington's vampire novels follow a Pennsylvania state trooper battling a centuries-old vampire.

  1. Thirteen Bullets (2006 online serialization; 2007 print)
  2. 99 Coffins (2007)
  3. Vampire Zero (2008)
  4. 23 Hours (2009)
  5. 32 Fangs (published April 2012)

Werewolf series

Wellington's werewolf novels are set in remote Arctic Canada. The series follows werewolves who are being hunted to extinction by humans.

  1. Frostbite was published on October 6, 2009. The web serialization can be found at Wellington's website.
  2. Overwinter was released on September 14, 2010.

Plague Zone

Plague Zone is a zombie novel set in the state of Washington. It is completed in serial online, but not yet published in print.

  1. Plague Zone (Online serialization. Went to Kindle September 2012)

Jim Chapel missions

  • Chimera (2013)
  • "Minotaur" (2013 e-book)
  • "Myrmidon" (2013 e-book)
  • The Hydra Protocol (2014)
  • The Cyclops Initiative (2016)
  • Space opera trilogy (as D. Nolan Clark)

    The first novel, Forsaken Skies, was reviewed by Kirkus Reviews as containing "the usual complications, heroics, and surprises (...), all professionally packaged and produced and entirely unmemorable".

    1. Forsaken Skies (2016), ISBN 978-0-316-35569-8

    Short stories

    1. "Chuy and the Fish" in The Undead: Zombie Anthology (Oct. 2005, Permuted Press)
    2. "Cyclopean" in The Undead: Skin and Bones (Aug. 2007, Permuted Press)
    3. "Twilight in the Green Zone" in Exotic Gothic (2007, Ash-Tree Press, ed. Danel Olson). Click for Podcast by author.
    4. "Grvnice" in Exotic Gothic 2 (2008, Ash-Tree Press, ed. Danel Olson).
    5. "Off Radio" in Buried Tales of Pinebox, TX (June 2009, 12 to Midnight)
    6. "Atacama" in Exotic Gothic 4 (May 2012, PS Publishing, ed. Danel Olson)

    References

    David Wellington (author) Wikipedia