Janet Roberts
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Janet Roberts is a former global leader in cybersecurity education. Her award-winning novel What Lies We Keep (2024) combines cybersecurity with domestic suspense and won five awards including the 2024 Literary Titan Silver Award, Pencraft Summer Awards for Literary Excellence -Suspense, and 2025 International Impact Book Awards - Contemporary Fiction/Realistic Fiction. It was a 2024 Finalist for the American Writing Awards’ Hawthorne Prize, 2024 American Fiction Awards – Best New Fiction. A member of Women’s Fiction Writers Association, Pennwriters, and Sisters in Crime, she lives in Pittsburgh. She loves travel, wandering through bookstores, reading on her porch swing, and sharing a bottle of wine with friends. What Lies We Keep (2024) "What Lies We Keep will captivate fans of writers like Jennifer Weiner, that best-selling expert at writing about family secrets and the ties that bind, but it’s Janet Roberts’ brilliant and fresh prose, and her big-hearted, messy, real characters that set this work apart. There is no easy ending here, and I’m so grateful for that." - Lori Jakiela, author of They Write Your Name on a Grain of Rice and more "In her compelling novel about the devastating impact of lies and the search for a fulfilling life, Janet Roberts balances a thrilling plot of corporate greed and corruption with credible, richly-drawn characters. Through sharp dialogue, cinematic descriptions, and even a covert FBI operation, this novel explores the relationship between a husband and wife in the aftermath of one well-intentioned but misguided decision. What Lies We Keep raises powerful questions: Are lies justified if they are made to protect the ones we love? Can success be defined by more than social status and salary?  I devoured this creative, twisty story with its flawed but sympathetic characters."  ~Jill Caugherty, author of THE VIEW FROM HALF DOME and WALTZ IN SWING TIME “…a character-driven story with a strong emotional core. One of the book’s strengths lies in its exploration of moral ambiguity. Roberts delves into the nuances of lying and its repercussions. ~ Literary Titan Review "It is a very raw, human novel, raveling around feelings and what the relationships around us change in ourselves." ~ Reedsy Discovery Review Windy City Review - The Narrow Gate (2015) “Before writing this review, I uncharacteristically read Janet Roberts’ short novel twice from cover to cover. I was driven by two reasons. I loved the flow of her lush prose and I wanted to savor it again.” Ray Paul, Windy City Reviews (The Chicago Writers Association) Windy City Review - The Leaf Queen (2016) “The prose is crisp, realistic, and beautiful when it needs to be…Arguably—and for this Roberts also deserves credit—the most interesting character is the one considered the antagonist. The male character who is afraid of commitment might be an old cliché, but Roberts nails it and is not afraid to explore the logic of selfishness and entitlement. The Leaf Queen will satisfy any reader who enjoys very human-centric stories of struggle and growth and any reader who likes well-written thought. Life is a generally difficult experience to capture, but Roberts does it beautifully, and the book is definitely worth a read.” Hallie Koontz, Windy City Reviews (The Chicago Writers Association)
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