Who is Ben Wolf?

The Origin Story

At the age of nine, Ben Wolf slayed a dragon.

As the dragon perished, it bequeathed a measure of its power to Ben––but also a terrible curse.

It told him, “You now have the ability to lie more creatively than any other being on this planet––except for politicians. Use this power wisely.”

Then, with a final puff of smoke from the dragon’s lungs, he uttered the curse. “Also, you will hear voices in your head that no one else can hear, and they will gradually drive you mad.”

The dragon expired, but Ben lived on. That very day, the voices began speaking to him.

For years, Ben honed his lying craft. At the age of twelve, he lied to his sister about having thrown darts at a poster of her favorite boy band.

At the age of sixteen, he lied to a policeman who’d pulled him over for speeding, and it got him out of a ticket.

At the age of eighteen, he lied to himself about what a good decision it was to go to Bible college and major in Pastoral Studies (admittedly, that one has come back to haunt him several times).

All the while, the voices spoke into his mind, poisoning him with thoughts that did not belong.

Given his unique power, Ben Wolf expected his life to look very different from how it did when he turned twenty-three.

The dragon’s words regarding his power returned to him: “Use this power wisely.”

The truth was, Ben hadn’t been using his magnificent power wisely. He’d been using it for personal gain, and to dig himself out of bad situations (or, in the case of Bible college, to get himself into them).

So he asked himself, “What would be a wise way to use this power?”

At that very moment, a bus drove past the street in front of him. On its side was emblazoned the phrase, “You should write a novel.”

Having graduated from Bible college a year earlier, Ben took it as a divine message. What’s more, he’d already written one novel at that point, and he’d enjoyed it, so he figured he might as well write a few more.

It was the only way to get the voices out of his head. But he realized that combining his gift of lying with the unending echoes in his head, he could create incredible stories with realistic, relatable characters. And whenever he did, those voices left him alone… at least for a little while.

That was 2009. Now, Ben has published north of thirty books, including award-winning children’s fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and graphic novels, all of which have sold thousands of copies.

Awards and sales are great, but Ben most enjoys the great feedback he’s gotten from readers. They’ve raved about his work and told him he was the best, most creative liar they’d ever heard of.

The voices in his head all agree.