Robert Ellis is the international bestselling author of Access to Power, The Dead Room, the critically acclaimed Lena Gamble novels, City of Fire, The Lost Witness, and Murder Season, and the Detective Matt Jones Thriller series, City of Echoes, The Love Killings, and The Girl Buried in the Woods (Oct 2019). His novels have been translated into ten languages and selected as top reads by Booklist, Publishers Weekly, National Public Radio, the Chicago Tribune, the Toronto Sun, the Guardian (UK), People magazine, USA Today, and the New York Times.Born in Philadelphia, Robert moved to Los Angeles where he worked as a writer, producer, and director in film, television, and advertising. He studied writing with Walter Tevis, author of The Hustler, The Man Who Fell to Earth, and The Color of Money, and with his friend John Truby, screenwriter and author of The Anatomy of Story.Robert’s books have garnered praise from authors as diverse as Janet Evanovich and Michael Connelly.
Noted stage actor, on screen with Kalem from 1915. Leading man and occasional director during the 1920s, subsequently in character parts. Embarked on a full-time screenwriting career from 1932.
Portrayed Henry Aldrich on NBC Radios "The Aldrich Family" (1952-1953).
