A retired special educator working primarily with learning disabled high-schoolers, Roberta co-wrote her first book HOMEWORK IMPROVEMENT A PARENT'S GUIDE to DEVELOPING SUCCESSFUL STUDY HABITS IN CHILDREN BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. The book was published by Harper Collins Publishers and is currently in its second edition. The concept for her second book, CAPE COD MURDER AT A GATED COMMUNITY, was conceived while sitting at the pool of her gated community and musing about life in that environment. CAPE COD - A NEIGHBOR'S MURDER is a sequel to MURDER AT A GATED COMMUNITY and the second in the "Judy and Phil Murder Mystery Series". Roberta now lives in the Low Country of Bluffton, SC, and continues to spend part of her summer on Cape Cod and part of her winter on Siesta Key, FL. She enjoys spending her free time painting, running, playing tennis, kayaking, and traveling both in this country and in Europe.