Robert Ellis´s interest in crime fiction began as a teenager with the films of Alfred Hitchcock and books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, John Buchan, Dashiell Hammett, and Colin Wilson. After discovering City Hall, he skipped school to attend his first murder trial and began writing short stories.  While in college, he studied writing with Walter Tevis, author of The Hustler and The Man Who Fell to Earth.

Robert began his career as a writer, producer and director in film and television, winning the New York Film Festival for his work with National Geographic.  As a media consultant, he has created hundreds of television commercials for political candidates seeking every type of office.

Access to Power and The Dead Room are a synthesis of these two worlds of crime and politics.  "I was looking for a piece of Hammett´s world that might exist today.  A place where stabbing your friend and neighbor in the back is part of the routine."  In City of Fire, Robert explores corruption on a far more personal level.  "Lena Gamble is thrown into a murder case so horrific, it even scares me."

Born and raised in southeastern Pennsylvania,  Robert lived in Los Angeles for sixteen years and now spends his time between California and Connecticut along the Central Coast.