Monte Moore was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1971,[1] and grew up playing fantasy role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons.

[4] Following graduation, Moore created a self-published book, Lords, and printed 3000 copies to sell at the 1993 San Diego Comic Con.

He only sold 1000 of them, and later admitted "It gave me a good first hand look into the industry and helped me identify areas that I needed to focus on to increase my chances of success.

He moved into the fantasy genre, creating art for the collectible card games Magic the Gathering and Vs. System, and providing illustrations for the third edition of Dungeons & Dragons.

[5] Moore also started to write screen plays, and one, End of the Road (also known as 1,2,3 Scream) was produced in 2012 starring Doug Jones, Michael Dorn, Robert Picardo, and Zack Ward.