ROBERT  ELLIS

T H R I L L E R   F I C T I O N

A B O U T   R O B E R T

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 series, which includes City of Echoes, The Love Killings, The Girl Buried in the Woods, and City of Stones. Matt Jones 5 (untitled) will be out in 2025.


Born in Philadelphia, Robert moved to Los Angeles where he 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 and published around the world, and have won praise from numerous publications and authors, including  The New York Times and literary icons Janet Evanovich and Michael Connelly.

A B O U T   M E

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, digging in. 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 and bad times, and the gracious support I've been lucky enough to receive when I needed it most.