Roni Robbins, at The Blogs

Jun 5, 2023, 8:19 AM

When reading “Shadows We Carry,” Meryl Ain’s newly released sequel to “The Takeaway Men,” I was reminded how often history repeats itself and how much the past influences our lives. Some of the themes from this new work of historical fiction spanning the 1960s to...

Jun 6, 2022, 8:27 AM

In the Line of Duty: The Sacrifice of Pandemic Nurses

As someone who has been covering the national nursing industry for the past year as a medical journalist, I report stories from the trenches about the impact of COVID on patient care. Those articles include claims of staffing shortages, over-capacity hospital operations, healthcare provider burnout,...

Sep 1, 2021, 10:35 AM

Our Long-Lost Cousin Was a Groupie

Our newly discovered cousin wrote this book about being a fanatic fan.

Several months ago, we received a call from a woman who claimed to be my husband Ian’s cousin. She had the same last name, but who knows these days with all the scammers in the world. We had our doubts. She had met with Ian’s...

Aug 2, 2021, 7:32 AM

My Dog Has a GPS

Our dog Scout is an escape artist when it comes to thunder and fireworks.

July was a tough month for our dog Scout. It started when we went away for the July 4 weekend to a family wedding in New York that twice had been rescheduled because of the pandemic. To find the right petsitter, I put out feelers...

Jul 12, 2021, 6:51 AM

Career Transition: From Journalist to Author

A writer's life transition from journalist to author.

More than two decades ago I began the path to becoming an author, using my knowledge as a journalist to create a story that began with facts and developed into a novel. I took a break from full-time newspaper writing to raise my two young...

Jun 29, 2021, 12:26 AM

Before COVID, There Was AIDS

Roni Robbins holds her copy of her cousin's book, "Nurses on the Inside."

In honor of Pride Month and the 40th anniversary of the AIDS crisis, I share with you my review of “Nurses on the Inside: Stories of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in NYC.” It was written by my cousin Ellen Matzer, along with Valery Hughes, and published...

About Me

Roni Robbins is an editor, award-winning journalist, and author of Hands of Gold. The novel won a 2023 International Book Award for multicultural fiction and a 2023 Global Book Award gold medal for biographical survival. It also was a 2023 Readers' Choice Book Awards finalist for best adult book, a 2022 American Fiction Awards finalist for family saga, and 2009 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award quarterfinalist for historical fiction. It was published in 2022 by Amsterdam Publishers.

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