Richard V. Rupp is a Benjamin Franklin, Best New Voice in Fiction Silver Award winner for his 2015 novel, Death & Taxes, the first book in the FBI Special Agent Hartmann series. Be...view moreRichard V. Rupp is a Benjamin Franklin, Best New Voice in Fiction Silver Award winner for his 2015 novel, Death & Taxes, the first book in the FBI Special Agent Hartmann series. Before writing crime fiction, Dick was an army veteran, business executive, and an internationally recognized lecturer, writer, and author on insurance and risk management. An avid world traveler, Dick resides in Burbank, California.view less