Ben­jamin Yablon is a promi­nent attor­ney in Den­ver, Col­orado, where he has merged his legal exper­tise with his pas­sion for sto­ry­telling. In his sec­ond nov­el, The Chi­nese Dam, Ben­jamin brings read­ers into the twist­ed world of favors and influ­ence need­ed to buy pas­sage aboard the Pura Vida. Ben­jamin lives in the Wash­ing­ton Park neigh­bor­hood with his wife and their daughters.