Best known for his books chronicling the adventures of Captain Underpants, Dav Pilkey has built a reputation as one of his generation's most inventive writers and illustrators. Yet as a young boy who suffered from attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), he seemed unlikely to ever become a success. Because of his then-undiagnosed condition, this one-time "class clown" was sent to sit in the hallway so often that he had his own desk waiting for him, which he kept stocked with paper, pencils, and crayons. There he drew comic books to entertain his friends and created characters that would later become some of the most popular in contemporary children's literature. Find out how Pilkey overcame his difficult childhood to become one of America's most beloved young-adult authors. Book jacket.