Author David T. Wolf survived five foster homes to build a life for himself. Despite the challenges of his early life, he managed to gain his creative footing. In high school, he edited an award-winning literary magazine. In college, he aced his creative writing courses. As an adult, Wolf wrote ads for a living. Highlights of his more creative spots include his ads for Clorox that featured gargling toilets using drop-in toilet bowl "breath mints." And the cat who hired a bloodhound to track down his Fresh Step litter box because the odor control worked too darn well. And his Clio-nominated spot for SOS in which dirty pots and pans clanged out Morse-code cries for help. He soon turned to the long form and found his real obsession. Characters with secrets, and the slow-burn pleasure of watching them unravel.