Rob Lubitz has held numerous high-level government positions. He has served as a senior United States Department of Justice official, State Courts Administrator (Florida), Governor’s Crime Commission Director (North Carolina), Sentencing Commission Director (North Carolina), and Juvenile Justice Director (Arizona). A criminal justice expert, he has been quoted in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, US News and World Report, and ABC World News Tonight. He formerly served as an Air Force Officer with a Top Secret security clearance. His last novel, The Quiet Coup, was awarded a Silver Medal in the 2017 Readers' Favorite International Book Contest. His previous novel, Beyond Top Secret, was awarded a Gold Medal in the same contest in 2015. He lives in Arizona with his wife, Joanne, and two cats.