Sheilah Roberts is a Newfoundlander and a history lover, with two adult children and a senior dog. She lives in St. Philips with her partner and commutes daily to the big city to her job at the Memorial University Library. Writing is her favourite pastime, and she is a member of the Newfoundland Writer’s Guild and the Writers’ Association of Newfoundland and Labrador.

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