Hands of Gold capitalizes on Roni Robbins’ nearly 35 years as a published writer: as a staff reporter for daily and weekly newspapers; a freelancer for national, regional and online publications; and currently, associate editor of the Atlanta Jewish Times, named the second-best Jewish newspaper in the United States in 2020 by the American Jewish Press Association.

Robbins’ articles have appeared in The Huffington Post, Forbes, CNN.com, the New York Daily News, Adweek, WebMD and Healthline. She was a staff writer for Florida Today/USA Today, The Birmingham News and the Atlanta Business Chronicle/American City Business Journals. She’s also written for Mother Nature Network, Daily Report/American Lawyer Media; The Forward, FromTheGrapevine, and Hadassah magazine, among others.

In addition to major CEOs and politicians, she’s interviewed such celebrities as Wolf Blitzer, Andy Gibb, Hank Aaron and Usher.

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, including an investigative piece about Jewish seniors who feel “Out of Touch” in nursing homes. Hands of Gold begins and ends in a nursing home.

Her other newswriting awards come from The State Bar of Georgia, the Alabama Associated Press and the South Carolina Press Association.