Lee has been writing since she was a young teenager and she shares that love of poetry with family and friends. She is a best selling author who has had some of her work published internationally. She had multiple works professionally chosen and published in the literary magazine "In the Write Mind" two consecutive years in 1994 and 1995 when she studied at Central Florida Community College. Lee also has three of her poems published in the book "Silent No More." The book is a compilation of works by survivors from around the world. Silent No More was published in 2011 in the UK with proceeds going to charity.
Lee released her first book of poetry "Pieces of Me" on February 29, 2016 and it is available for purchase on Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Lulu in both paperback and eBook formats. Lee was nominated for the Rare Life Award in 2010 and also received the NNPAAW Award in 2012, 2013 & 2014. When she's not helping others or writing, this New England transplant chic lives with her Chihuahua Otis surrounded by the beauty of nature and wildlife in the Panhandle of Florida...
In 2014 Lee helped create the Chapman Wordweavers writing group with her best friend and fellow author Donna Kshir and together they mentor aspiring writers of all backgrounds. Lee is currently researching and working on a couple of projects.
Lee released her first book of poetry "Pieces of Me" on February 29, 2016 and it is available for purchase on Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Lulu in both paperback and eBook formats. Lee was nominated for the Rare Life Award in 2010 and also received the NNPAAW Award in 2012, 2013 & 2014. When she's not helping others or writing, this New England transplant chic lives with her Chihuahua Otis surrounded by the beauty of nature and wildlife in the Panhandle of Florida...
In 2014 Lee helped create the Chapman Wordweavers writing group with her best friend and fellow author Donna Kshir and together they mentor aspiring writers of all backgrounds. Lee is currently researching and working on a couple of projects.
"If I reach just one person who is struggling out there experiencing similar challenges and pain to let them know they are not alone, then putting this book out there was absolutely worth allowing myself to be so vulnerable." Lee Roberts
A flicker of hope finally emerges after an unseasonably long period of dark angst and suffocating depression. Hope that had been waiting patiently to be rediscovered, dusted off and held ever so close to my heart. In putting pen to paper and sharing a Piece of my writings from a decade’s long journey to heal, another petal opens and the Lotus blooms more sweetly. The words within are bits and Pieces are from the road I have traveled from the darkness to the Light…There is Always Hope *Proceeds from Lee's book will be donated to charity*
NEW RELEASE!
You Are Enough is a photobook of 9 women who have faced adversity in their lifetime and have overcome it. They defeated issues with self-esteem, anxiety, depression, mental health, infertility, illness, crisis, disabilities, and body image to become independent, stronger, and more confident women.
Society and social networking platforms show us beautiful photographs of what we should look like and what we could look like if we use the right products, followed the right diet, exercise daily, and use the right products. They tell us that we, too, could be supermodels and be worthy of love, acceptance, and value but even by following a vigorous routine we somehow still fall short. Due to issues such as low self-esteem, lack of confidence in ourselves, and poor body image, we are made to feel unworthy and unloved when in fact the image they are selling us is unrealistic without proper lighting, filters, photoshopping, and excess plastic surgery.
In this book, each woman shares their story, along with raw, unedited photographs taken by the photographer and the owner of CJ Photography, Cynthia Harkinson. They have chosen to tell their story and use unedited photographs to show they are beautiful and they are enough, just as they are in true form without society's interpretation of what they should be through photoshopping and filters. Each of these women knows they are enough just as they are and you, too, are enough, just as you are. The book comes with choice of two covers, Lee 'Cougardawn' Roberts (top image) and Donna Kshir (bottom image.)
The Foreword is written by radio personality, public speaker, child rights activist, and author Laurie Ann Smith.
Society and social networking platforms show us beautiful photographs of what we should look like and what we could look like if we use the right products, followed the right diet, exercise daily, and use the right products. They tell us that we, too, could be supermodels and be worthy of love, acceptance, and value but even by following a vigorous routine we somehow still fall short. Due to issues such as low self-esteem, lack of confidence in ourselves, and poor body image, we are made to feel unworthy and unloved when in fact the image they are selling us is unrealistic without proper lighting, filters, photoshopping, and excess plastic surgery.
In this book, each woman shares their story, along with raw, unedited photographs taken by the photographer and the owner of CJ Photography, Cynthia Harkinson. They have chosen to tell their story and use unedited photographs to show they are beautiful and they are enough, just as they are in true form without society's interpretation of what they should be through photoshopping and filters. Each of these women knows they are enough just as they are and you, too, are enough, just as you are. The book comes with choice of two covers, Lee 'Cougardawn' Roberts (top image) and Donna Kshir (bottom image.)
The Foreword is written by radio personality, public speaker, child rights activist, and author Laurie Ann Smith.
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*Proceeds from all of Lee's books will be donated to charity*