RICK HILL is the author of the #1 New York Times Bestseller: "Pete Rose, My Prison Without Bars," which reviewers have called "one of the best sports biographies of the decade, an in-depth look into the obsessive-compulsive mind of one of our nation's most dynamic athletes." As an actor, writer and director, Rick has worked with both Emmy and Academy Award winners while starring in over 100 episodes of network television, including such hits as : CHEERS, MAGNUM P.I., HUNTER, JAG, MATLOCK, STEELTOWN, DETOUR, DUKES OF HAZZARD and the films: LIAR, LIAR, DEAR GOD and EYE OF THE WIDOW with F, Murray Abraham. Rick co-starred with Mike Connors in the ABC-TV series: TODAY'S FBI, and has also served as a script consultant, ghost writer and script doctor on numerous other NYT's Bestsellers. Rick graduated from Georgia Tech as a Rhodes Scholar candidate and has been a guest on ESPN, Outside the Lines, Fox Sports and keynote speaker at dozens of leadership banquets, university and charitable organizations. He got his literary inspiration from reading Rudyard Kipling in his 8th grade English class.