Author Neal Wooten has a BS in applied mathematics from Auburn University. He was on the math team in high school as well as a star of the football team. His new memoir, With the Devil's Help (Pegasus Crime/Simon and Schuster) is being made into a scripted miniseries. His sci-fi book, Pit Bulls vs. Aliens, won the Kindle Scout contest for best fiction. Reternity, his Christian sci-fi novel, won ten book awards and was named to Kirkus Reviews Best of 2011. The first book in his children's superhero series, Paleo Power Rainbow Riders, is due out June 2024.He is also the creator of Pancho el Pit Bull, now considered the most popular cartoon in parts of South America. Editorial Planeta, the largest publisher of Spanish books, has released four Pancho books in South America and is releasing them in Spain in 2024. Neal signed the contract in July 2023 for a production company to begin making the pilot episode as it is made into an animated series, hopefully to land with Disney+. Neal performed standup comedy for decades and still has contacts. He was on an HBO special and in a movie with Danny Trejo. Producers in L.A. and NY refer to him as the go-to guy for rednecks (Who wouldn't be proud of that?)