Daniel Robert Monk

passed away Monday, December 20, 2010 at home.Dan was born in Seattle on Saint Patrick's Day, March 17, 1970 and resided his entire life on Bainbridge Island. He graduated from Bainbridge High School in 1989. In 1993 he received a B.A. in English from the University of Puget Sound and was accepted into Phi Beta Kappa. Immediately, he went to work in his father's Naval Architecture firm doing 3-D modeling where he rapidly became invaluable and spent the next 15 years creating rendering quality structure. Dan was an early adopter of the computer and it was a vibrant, accurate tool in his hands whether he was designing or writing.Writing was his avocation and true love. He wrote poetry, short stories, and even completed a novel. Dan was a founding member of the SFWC, the Speculative Fiction Writing Cooperative, based at the Eagle Harbor Book Store, and that community became an important part of his life. He read as voraciously as he wrote, with a special interest in science and nature. Though science fiction was a special genre to him, he read fiction and non-fiction alike. The only strict criteria were that the book was well written and intelligent.Dan treasured his friends, sharing their adventures, hobbies, and lives. He loved chatting, bad puns, and the play of words. He was keenly aware of nature and beauty around him..and oblivious to the trivia that often seems so important.Dan is survived by his parents, Ed and Dora Monk , Bainbridge Island, and sister Monica Monk (Dan Montgomery), Allyn, WA.Family and friends are invited to attend a Memorial Service on Saturday, January 22, 2011 at 2:00 pm at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church on Bainbridge Island, WA. [Directions]. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Bainbridge Public Library, Helpline House, or your own favorite charity.