Robert J. Ristino

Robert J. Ristino came to writing fiction late in life. Following retirement, the former journalist, U.S. Army officer, public relations executive, college professor, and academic researcher, turned to writing to chronicle the many stories running wild in his head. His first novel, inspired by two of his dogs, was The Illuminati Protocol, the first in a three-book cycle.

Bob holds a doctorate in Mass Communication from the University of Massachusetts. Retired from the faculty at Roger Williams University in Bristol, RI, he has also taught as adjunct faculty in the graduate programs at Clark University in Worcester, MA. He continues teaching as a visiting lecturer at the University of Lodz in Poland while also conducting academic research in organizational studies.

During a distinguished 30-year career in organizational communications Bob served in various public relations management positions in both for-profit and non-profit organizations. He is a former president of both the New England Society for Healthcare Communications and the American Society of Health Care Marketing and Public Relations of the American Hospital Association. He has lectured widely before professional groups and associations on a variety of organizational topics.

When he’s not writing suspense thrillers, he volunteers with the Literacy Volunteers of Waldo County. As a volunteer he assists adults in developing and improving their reading skills, as well as preparing newly arrived immigrants for driver’s and naturalization tests.

Bob has authored eight books, and numerous professional and academic journal articles. His most recent book is The Barbarian Princess, a saga of Roman Britain. He lives with his German shepard, Bruno, on a quiet, loon populated lake in Midcoast Maine.