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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Joan Robertson was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, but comes from parents of West-Indian heritage. Early in life, women's sorrows had left a deep impression upon her, regardless as to whether these women had derived from the West Indies, Africa, or America. Joan's opportunity to travel around the world has sealed her understanding of the common thread among women of color: their hardships and sorrows that they have overcome had bred their ironclad strength. This understanding was first penned in a poem, entitled And . . ., that Joan had gotten published at sixteen years old by a newspaper periodical named Dark Horse. During her younger years, many of her poetry had appeared in other newspaper periodicals and anthologies of university presses.
After obtaining a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Baruch College in New York City, Joan Robertson has accumulated twenty years of experience as a technical writer within the financial services industry. However, she has never forgotten her love for creative writing. Her first inspirational novel, entitled In The Winter Of Her Season, was published in May 2005 by PublishAmerica. For this creative endeavor, Joan has won an award for Best Inspirational/Spiritual Novel at the 1st Aspicomm Self-Publishing Symposium and S'Indie Awards. This novel has also provided Joan Robertson the opportunity to conduct annual workshops at the international organization Voices In Action, based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Voices In Action provides assistance to adult and adolescent victims of child sexual abuse. The organization helps victims become survivors, like the protagonist of her novel Sandra Hamilton. Joan's other speaking engagements about this subject matter include Long Island University in New York, as well as other events around the country.
Joan's vision for her creative career is to continue to write about women characters that have transcended challenges and to also write novels about their joy.
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