David Workman has spent over 25 years officiating high school sports: 19 basketball, 11 baseball (including 3 years in NCAA Division II), 6 football, and 1 year of volleyball and has been a clinic leader and trainer for up-and-coming baseball umpires. He lives in St. Louis with his wife and three kids and is the author of the novel Absolute Authority, which has nothing whatsoever to do with sports.