Charles Robbins is author of the political thriller The Accomplice and coauthor of three nonfiction books with U.S. senators, including The U.S. Senate with former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle. Robbins began his career covering police and politics for daily newspapers in Nebraska and New York, then ran press operations for two congressmen, a gubernatorial campaign, a senator, and a presidential campaign. As a Navy officer, he wrote speeches for the secretary of the Navy. He is a graduate of Princeton University (where he was editor-in-chief of the Nassau Literary Review), the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and the master of fine arts program at Queens University of Charlotte. He lives in Washington, DC.