After graduating from Colgate University with a B.A. in Economics and a minor Art History, he enjoyed a successful career in business, also serving as chairman of his industry-related consulting group. Upon selling his business and moving from upstate New York to Florida, (and with some rather successful prodding by his wife), he was able to finally devote his full attention to something he had always wanted to do - write a book.

The end result was his first novel - an epic fantasy entitled The Fifth Sorceress. Upon securing the services of a literary agent, the novel was quickly sold in a hotly contested auction as part of a three book deal to Random House / Balantine Publishers, for what is believed to be the largest single first time fantasy author's contract ever. The Fifth Sorceress was published June 2002. The resulting saga of ongoing books is entitled The Chronicles of Blood and Stone, where The Gates of Dawn was published June 2003 and The Scrolls of the Ancients, the third book in the epic series, has been published June 2004.

Savage Messiah, the fourth book, is currently available in bookstores everywhere. The fifth book, A March Into Darkness, has been written and will be released in January 2007. Rob is currently hard at work on the sixth book in the series, tentatively titled The League of Whispers.

Rob lives in sunny south Florida. When he isn’t writing, he enjoys weightlifting, Shotokan Karate, and going to the beach to do absolutely nothing. His wife Joyce is a practicing neuropsychologist, and also a novelist in her own right.

If you'd like to begin a dialogue with Rob for any reason, go to the Redoubt of the Directorate, sign-up, and write him! He enjoys chatting with his fans and receiving any kind of feedback from them.