Rob Blackwell

Rob is an award-winning journalist with 20 years’ experience and the author of The Sanheim Chronicles and The Soren Chase novels, two series that combine urban fantasy, mystery and suspense. His latest novel, Riders on the Storm, merges urban fantasy and the western genres. His first novel, A Soul to Steal, was featured on USA Today and praised by book bloggers and readers alike for its great plot and “fantastic ending.” Many of his other books have been Kindle bestsellers in the Dark Fantasy category. As a journalist, Rob has won several significant honors. In 2017, Rob was given the Neal Award’s Tim White Award, which recognizes editors “whose work displays extraordinary courage, integrity, and passion.” He has helped the publication American Banker win several Neal, Azbee and SABEW awards as a reporter and editor, covering topics such as deposit insurance reform, the Wells Fargo phony-accounts scandal, and American Samoa’s effort to charter its own public bank. He has appeared on NPR, BBC, CNBC, Fox Business and C-SPAN as an expert on financial regulatory policy. You can find out more about him at his Facebook page, at www.facebook.com/asoultosteal, or on Twitter at @robblackwellAB. Rob lives in Virginia with his wife and two children.