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David Rosenfelt is an American author who has written thirty-three novels and three TV movies. 

The novelist has 27 dogs, a position he never planned for and never could have predicted. His childhood in Paterson, New Jersey, was typical—middle of three brothers, loving parents, a middle-class home.

He graduated from NYU and joined the movie industry, quickly rising to President of Marketing at Tri-Star Pictures. Though his career included successes like “Rambo” and “Rocky,” he also buried countless failures.

After leaving the movie business, he pursued writing, selling many scripts that never made it to film and a few TV movies with little cultural impact.

Fourteen years ago, he and his wife founded the Tara Foundation, rescuing nearly 4,000 dogs. Their home became a sanctuary for dogs too old or sick to be adopted, and it is here, surrounded by these dogs, that he writes.