Robert Max was born in New York City. He attended the City University of New York, earning a degree with honors in Political Science and Psychology. After ten years' experience in law enforcement in New York, Robert moved to the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California. He has a strong passion for automobiles, appreciating them as art, collecting them, and racing whenever he has the opportunity.
Excerpt from an interview with the author: "My time behind a tin (NYPD slang for a badge) helps to insure that the police work in this book, and in the next, is accurate. Over the years, in New York and in California, in classrooms and in the street, I've learned much about life and death, about human nature, about what motivates people to do the things they do, about love and loss, and about writing what I think is a suspenseful, often humorous, cinematic, and compelling novel. I hope you'll agree."