{"name": "Monte Burch", "personal_name": "Monte Burch", "key": "/authors/OL579284A", "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "photos": [14418159], "bio": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "**Monte Burch** was an editor for **Workbench magazine** through the late 1960s and early 1970s. He has been a freelance how-to woodworking writer/photographer and is the author of over 70 how-to outdoor and other nonfiction books, including a number that were **Popular Science** monthly main selections, such as **The Home Cabinetmaker** and **Complete Guide to Building Log Homes**. Over a million copies of his books have been sold. Monte lives on a 350-acre farm with over half the land in managed timberlands. His home has a full woodworking shop and photo studio."}, "latest_revision": 4, "revision": 4, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-01T03:28:50.625462"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2023-09-03T13:57:09.595041"}}