Steve Robertson

Steve Robertson publishes a group of community newspapers in Horry County, S.C. He has published four other pictorial history books, but this is his first novel.

A visit to the S.C. Museum nearly five years ago piqued his interest in writing "SMALLS: The South wanted his head. The North his heart."

"Like many others, I had never heard of Robert Smalls," said Robertson. "His daring escape from slavery fascinated me from the start. The more I learned about his life and times, the more convinced I became his was a story that must be told."

With a career spanning four decades, Robertson has won numerous awards for writing, design and publishing.

He is a graduate of Coastal Carolina University in Conway, S.C.

He and his wife Cheryl have two children and three grandchildren.