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Shmieka Roberts

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Born

in San Bernardino , The United States

Website

https://storytellerstrbooks.com

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Crime, Romance, Thriller

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Eric Jerome Dickey, Donald Goines, Beverly Jenkins
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July 2026

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All I've ever wanted to do is tell stories.

Long before I published my first novel, I was captivated by the power of words. How they could persuade, comfort, challenge, or completely change the way someone sees the world. I spent years with my nose buried in books, fascinated not only by the stories themselves, but by the way language could make people feel. Even when I briefly considered becoming a lawyer, I eventually realized it was never really about the law. It was about storytelling.

I don't write to provide easy answers. I'm drawn to the gray spaces between right and wrong, to the people trying their best through impossible circumstances, and to the idea that family isn't always who we're born to, sometimes it's who we choose. Whether All I've ever wanted to do is tell stories.

Long before I published my first novel, I was captivated by the power of words. How they could persuade, comfort, challenge, or completely change the way someone sees the world. I spent years with my nose buried in books, fascinated not only by the stories themselves, but by the way language could make people feel. Even when I briefly considered becoming a lawyer, I eventually realized it was never really about the law. It was about storytelling.

I don't write to provide easy answers. I'm drawn to the gray spaces between right and wrong, to the people trying their best through impossible circumstances, and to the idea that family isn't always who we're born to, sometimes it's who we choose. Whether I'm writing a crime thriller, psychological suspense, eventually a fantasy, or something else entirely, I'm always searching for the emotional truth at the heart of the story.

I believe the most memorable stories aren't the ones with the prettiest sentences. They're the ones that make us feel something real. As both a writer and a lifelong reader, I care more about authenticity than ornament, about characters who stay with us long after the final page, and about creating worlds readers can disappear into for just a little while.

No matter the genre, I'm interested in exploring the people at the center of the story, their flaws, their resilience, the relationships that define them, and the choices that shape who they become. Where those journeys lead is different every time.

When I'm not reading or writing, you'll usually find me spending time with my three incredible children or creating something with my hands. I love building miniature doll rooms, crafting furniture, sewing tiny clothes, customizing dolls, and turning ordinary materials into tiny worlds. Looking back, I think I've always been drawn to building things. Whether it's a story, a character, or a place someone can lose themselves in for a little while.

If my stories leave you thinking about a character long after you've closed the book, then I've done exactly what I set out to do. ...more

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At this point, I should know better than to go into one of Michael’s stories unprepared. Somehow, I never do. Observed Behavior pulled me in with its strange, unsettling premise, kept giving me just enough information to make me think I knew where th ...more
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★★★★★ I genuinely loved A’Mari. She’s the kind of character who made me want more time with her, and the more I learned about what shaped her, the more invested I became in the woman she was determined to become. One of my favorite parts of this story ...more
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So Glad I Gotta To Arc Read... By Hook or By Crook surprised me in the best way. It takes everything I loved about Every Goodbye Ain’t Gone and expands it, while taking the story somewhere darker than I expected. This time we get 1924 Harlem, a mystery ...more
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Shmieka Roberts liked Felix Cunningham's review of Long Way Home: "It’s Dark Outside Another chilling short from one of the masters of shorts. You go inside an urban neighborhood and find out of the scariest monsters are not what’s hidden in the dark but whom had the nerve to walk in the light. This was a fantastic " Read more of this review »
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Shmieka Roberts and 1 other person liked Michael Johnson's review of By Hook or By Crook (THE TIME-DRIFT SERIES Book 2): "By Hook or By Crook by Syreeta Benjamin is history wrapped in fun, love, danger, and a little bit of magic. Joy is thrown into 1924 Harlem while Daniel refuses to let time keep them apart, and their love continues to be the heartbeat of this story. Wh" Read more of this review »
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