Robert Shields is the bestselling author of "Scarlet Fever: A Razorback House Divided" and "Economics of Sex" and wrote the weekly "From the Bench" sports column for seventeen years. His novel, "Daphne and The Mysterious Girls Secret Bathroom Society" is part one of this new series. His latest novel is "Diminishing Paige". He also authored the book "Confessions of the Self Absorbed Observer: What I Saw Today." Shields is also an expert witness as an economist in the utility industry. He has testified in a multitude of dockets and other legal proceedings. He holds a BSBA in Economics from the Sam M. Walton College of Business from the University of Arkansas and won the award as the "Most Outstanding Student in Economics". He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Arkansas' Economics Department.