Dave Burbank is a graduate of the drama program at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. He has worked for the Takoma Park Maryland Library for over 15 years. As an illustrator and writer he is the creator of the Takoma Park Library's SummerQuest interactive reading game. He started running D&D programs in Takoma Park in 1996, and has been running and playing D&D games for over 45 years.