Bob Reiss

BOB REISS is a New York-based author and journalist, a former Chicago Tribune reporter, and former correspondent for Outside magazine. His work has also appeared in the Washington Post Magazine, Smithsonian, Parade, Rolling Stone, and other national publications. Bob was the winner of a New York Press Club 2018 "best reporting" award for his coverage of the state and fate of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in the Trump era. Under the name of James Abel, Bob is author of the acclaimed series of thriller novels starring bio-terror expert and former Marine Joe Rush. White Plague starts the series. His other novels, as Bob Reiss, include The Casco Deception and The Last Spy, both recently reissued by Quid Pro Books.