Wendi Adelson is a Floridian, born and raised, and executive director of a non-profit that focuses on immigrant advocacy. She is an attorney who has taught law students and represented clients in the fields of immigration, child advocacy, and disability rights. She has written for legal journals and produced a manual on special immigrant juvenile status. She has been a contestant on The Weakest Link, a contortionist, and now, a novelist. She resides in Florida with her boys.