Drew Harwell is a reporter for the Tampa Bay Times, formerly the St. Petersburg Times. His work has been talked about on Gawker, Time, NPR and "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!"

He has reported on war amputees, lavish city spending, remorseless killers, grieving kids, deadly sex parties and collapsing empires.

He has also written about honey buns in prison, dog-park queens, tow-truck funerals, repentant Santas, crash chasers, dolphin trainers and a few other things.

He tweets and takes photos. He also has a blog.

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Photo by Jason Henry