ABOUT ROBERT

Photo of Robert Ellis, bestselling author known for his gripping crime novels, the Lena Gamble & Matt Jones thriller series.

Robert Ellis is the bestselling author of Access to Power and The Dead Room, as well as two critically acclaimed series—the Lena Gamble thrillers City of Fire, The Lost Witness, and Murder Season, and the Detective Matt Jones thriller series, which includes City of Echoes, The Love Killings, The Girl Buried in the Woods, and City of Stones. Matt Jones 5 is untitled and will be out in 2025.

Born in Philadelphia, Robert moved to Los Angeles and worked as a writer, producer, and director in film, television, and advertising. After ghostwriting the final draft of Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, Robert wrote his first novel, Access to Power, a national bestseller. His books have been translated into more than ten languages and won praise from authors as diverse as Janet Evanovich and Michael Connelly.

Photo of a serene sunset over Black Rock Harbor on Long Island Sound where Robert Ellis now lives.

Photo of bacon and eggs cooked by author Robert Ellis for an early supper.nner.

Photo of the title page to ‘The Love Killings’ by Robert Ellis, Book 2 in the gripping series featuring Detective Matt Jones.

Photo of Chevy, Robert Ellis’s Yorkshire terrier, playing on the beach on Long Island Sound.

Photo of Robert Ellis's writing space with bookshelves in the background and art on the walls.

ABOUT ME

Photo of legs and feet in jeans and sneakers with flowers in the background author Robert Ellis lounging on his terrace.

I love writing thrillers. I love reading good stories of any kind, and listening to music and watching movies. I love everything there is to love about food: shopping for it, cooking it, and especially, eating it. I love taking walks by the water and through the neighborhood with Chevy, a 17.2 pound Yorkshire terrier, who loves me back, but not so much with the cats we meet or the other dogs. I love my family and friends and the people I work with going all the way back. I definitely see life as a journey. I think my stories come from everyone I've met along the way, my share of good times and bad times, and the support I've been lucky enough to receive when I needed it most.