[b]Robert Blake Whitehill[/b] is a Maryland Eastern Shore native, and an award-winning screenwriter at the Hamptons International Film Festival, and the Hudson Valley Film Festival. He is also an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation award winner for his feature script U.X.O. (UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE). He is also a contributing writer to[i] Chesapeake Bay Magazine[/i] and [i]The Audiophile Voice[/i]. [i]DEADRISE, NITRO EXPRESS[/i], and [i]TAP RACK BANG[/i] are the first three novels of the Ben Blackshaw Series.