Winner of the 2023 International Book Awards for multicultural fiction and the 2023 Global Book Awards gold medal for biographical survival, Hands of Gold capitalizes on award-winning author Roni Robbins’ 36 years as a published writer. A freelance reporter for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Medscape/WebMD, Robbins previously was an editor/writer for the latter after serving as associate editor of the Atlanta Jewish Times/The Times of Israel. She has a seasoned history as a staff reporter for daily and weekly newspapers and as a freelancer for national, regional and online publications. Robbins’ freelance articles have appeared in The Huffington Post, Forbes, the New York Daily News, Adweek, and Healthline. She wrote for the Mother Nature Network; The Forward; FromTheGrapevine; and Hadassah magazine, among others. Robbins was also a staff writer for Florida Today/USA Today, The Birmingham News and the Atlanta Business Chronicle/American City Business Journals. In addition to major CEOs and politicians, she has interviewed such celebrities as Wolf Blitzer, Andy Gibb, Hank Aaron and Usher. Among its other awards, Hands of Gold is a 2024 American Legacy Book Award finalist for multicultural fiction. It was a finalist in the 2023 Readers' Choice Book Awards, best adult book, and the 2022 American Fiction Awards, family saga. In 2009, Hands of Gold was a quarterfinalist for historical fiction in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest. Robbins also won three Simon Rockower Awards for Jewish journalism from the American Jewish Press Association, including an investigative piece about Jewish seniors who feel “Out of Touch” in nursing homes. Other prestigious news-writing awards come from The State Bar of Georgia, the Alabama Associated Press and the South Carolina Press Association. Hands of Gold is her first novel.
