About the author
A Savannah life, told from the inside.
Roberts Essex grew up in East Savannah, shaped by a mother whose faith was larger than the trouble around them. His story took him from childhood into four very different careers: police officer, paramedic, radio voice, and physician assistant.
After divorce, he raised a child as a single father and kept moving forward. Decades later, he finally sat down to write the deeply personal story that became Chance Beginnings.
His work shares a grounded, unromanticized view of Savannah and the South: ordinary places, complicated lives, and faith not as a catchphrase but as a working tool for getting through hard things.
Discover the memoir →“We are all made of the stories that raise us.”
Writing for readers who sit with a story.
Roberts writes for everyday readers who read slowly and deeply, for lovers of memoir and Southern literature, and for faith communities and book clubs looking for honest conversation about family, trauma, recovery, and redemption.