Rob Bentlyewski is a Dover, New Jersey, native and graduate of Brown University, where he studied American Literature and played on the Men's Rugby Team. Rob chose a non-traditional path in his study of literature, writing a senior thesis on political imagery in Bruce Springsteen's lyrics. A political speechwriter and policy analyst by day and a reader by night, Rob's favorite authors are Hemingway, Steinbeck, and fellow New Jerseyan Philip Roth.