Robert Crooke is a journalist, media executive, and author. His poetry has been published in the West Hills Review: A Walt Whitman Journal, while his short fiction has appeared in The Paragon Journal, Literary Orphans Journal, and Linden Avenue Literary Journal. He also has contributed book reviews and literary essays to Heavy Feather Review and Exacting Clam. He began his career as a sports reporter and columnist for the Newhouse-owned Long Island Daily Press, and for thirteen years, he served as North American press spokesman for Reuters. His critically-acclaimed novel, Letting the House Go (Unsolicited Press: 2022), was a 2023 Eric Hoffer Book Award Category Finalist. Across the Endless Night, now under contract with Unsolicited Press for publication in 2026, is its highly-anticipated sequel. He and his wife reside in Western Connecticut.