David Mathews was born in the small midwestern town of Friend, Nebraska, a community of 1100 people once listed in Ripley's Believe It or Not for having the world's smallest police station--a tiny tool shed previously used by highway construction crews. He grew up in small towns in Kansas and Indiana before settling in Indianapolis after college.
He describes himself as a big dreamer with an overactive imagination. As a child without a TV in the home, he managed to find a variety of ways to avoid boredom. Whether it was putting on puppet shows, producing radio plays, drawing cartoons, or making home movies, he always found something creative to occupy his time.
Now living in Xenia, Ohio, David and his wife, Donna, have six children between