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Roberta

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About Me

New Jersey born clinical psychologist Roberta Isleib took up writing golf mysteries to justify time spent on the links. Her first series, featuring a neurotic professional golfer and a sports psychologist, was nominated for both Agatha and Anthony awards.The second book in Roberta's new series starring a Connecticut psychologist/advice columnist is now available from Berkley Prime Crime: PREACHING TO THE CORPSE, following the March release, DEADLY ADVICE. She has published articles in Women's World of Golf, Golf for Women, Tee Time Magazine, Mystery Scene, and National Golfer. Her short stories have been published in Mysterical-E, Handheldcrime.com, RIPTIDE, and the upcoming Level Best anthology, SEASMOKE.Roberta is the president of National Sisters in Crime and the past president of the New England chapter. She lives with her family in Connecticut.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Readers, writers, booksellers, librarians: anyone who loves books is a friend of mine!

My Blog

Summertime--and the reading is wonderful!

It's not like I have a lot more spare time, but I must be spending more of it readingyippee! And I seem to have been on a mini-run of animal/wilderness books&CAPTIVITY by Debbie Lee WesselmannDana Ar...
Posted by Roberta on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:18:00 PST

What I’m Reading

I just finished THREE CUPS OF TEA by Greg Mortenson and David Olive Relin. I had to be dragged kicking and screaming to this book. It was chosen as my book club's May read and the only only only reaso...
Posted by Roberta on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:57:00 PST

New York, New York

As part of my duties as president of Sisters in Crime, I had the privilege of spending two days this past week in New York City meeting with the Authors Coalition, composed of writers and artists from...
Posted by Roberta on Mon, 19 May 2008 04:18:00 PST

The Mystery of Romance

A couple of my mysterious buddies convinced me to try something new this weeka trip to the Romantic Times convention in Pittsburgh, where the romance readers flock once a year to meet their favorite ...
Posted by Roberta on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:19:00 PST

A Second Life???

Recently I was invited to appear as a book club guest on the virtual reality site, Second Life. I’d heard about this phenomenon in which participants create a virtual persona and then get involv...
Posted by Roberta on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:21:00 PST

PREACHING TO THE CORPSE is here!

Hip, hip, hooray! PREACHING TO THE CORPSE officially hits the bookshelves this week. And I will be blasting off on my first-ever blog tour. Three cheers for all the hosts who are allowing me to alight...
Posted by Roberta on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 05:02:00 PST

When Bad Things Happen to Good Characters

Several years ago I auctioned off the right to name a character in the first book of my new series, DEADLY ADVICE, with the proceeds benefiting the Scranton Library in Madison, CT. On the night of the...
Posted by Roberta on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 11:35:00 PST

My First Blog

Dear Readers,My publisher, Berkley Prime Crime, asked me to write their "Dear Reader" column in March. Here's what I said: Developing the heroine for a new mystery series is always an adventure! Like ...
Posted by Roberta on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 06:49:00 PST