Roberta Beach Jacobson | |
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| Born | July 21, 1952 Worcester, Ma |
| Occupation | Writer, humorist |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Humor, essays, flash fiction, haiku, animals |
Roberta Beach Jacobson (born July 21, 1952) is an American journalist, humorist, and early ezine editor.
Biography
Born as Roberta Beach Johnson in Worcester, Massachusetts, her first publication came at age 8 in Jack and Jill. Jacobson was raised in Ohio and Illinois. Several years after her high-school graduation, she joined the United States Army which sent her to Germany.
Jacobson remained an expatriate for decades. After leaving the armed forces, she followed in the footsteps of her newspaper editor grandfather, Robert K. Beach. She joined the Stars & Stripes in Germany as a news clerk. In 1996, still in Germany, Jacobson switched her residence permit status to indicate full-time freelancing. She focused on European travel articles, but also translated books, contributed humor essays to dozens of anthologies, published Japanese short-form poetry, and sold greeting card text.
In 1999, she relocated to the far-flung Greek island of Karpathos, and became the editor of an early internet ezine, Kafenio. She also edited the ezines IslandMania (2001–2003) and InsiderEuropa (2001–2003). Jacobson remained on the island until 2012, when she repatriated to the land of her birth. She settled in Indianola, Iowa.
A selection of Jacobson's published works
- Demitasse Fiction: One-Minute Reads for Busy People (Alien Buddha Press, 2023) ISBN 979-8377304104
- Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Wonderful, Wacky Family, Amy Newmark, editor (Chicken Soup for the Soul, 2022) ISBN 1611590973
- Almost Perfect: Disabled Pets and People Who Love Them, Mary A. Shafer, editor (Enspirio House, Word Forge Books 2008) ISBN 978-0-9771329-2-8
- Chicken Soup for the Beach Lover's Soul, Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen, editors (Chicken Soup for the Soul, 2012) ISBN 978-1623610593
- Chicken Soup for the Soul: Runners, Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen, editors (Chicken Soup for the Soul, 2010) ISBN 978-1935096498
- Chicken Soup for the Dieter's Soul, Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen, editors (HCI, 2006) ISBN 0-7573-0555-5
- New Generation Beats, Debbie Tosun Kilday, editor (New Generation Beats Publications, 2022) ISBN 978-1957654034
- Chocolate for a Woman's Heart, Kay Allenbaugh, editor (Simon & Schuster, 2001) ISBN 0-684-84896-1
- Chocolate for a Woman's Dreams, Kay Allenbaugh, editor (Simon & Schuster, 2001) ISBN 0-7432-1777-2
- Living and Working in Germany, by Nick Daws (Survival Books, London, 2000) ISBN 1-901130-35-5
- Mini World 2006-07, Keiji Naka, editor (Macmillan LanguageHouse, Tokyo, 2006) ISBN 4-7773-6057-1
- Rite of Passage: Tales of Backpacking 'Round Europe, Lisa Johnson, editor (Lonely Planet Publications, London, 2003) ISBN 1-74059-593-9
- The Rocking Chair Reader: Memories from the Attic, Helen Kay Polaski, editor (Adams Media, 2006) ISBN 1-59337-270-1
- Sacred Fire, Maril Crabtree, editor (Adams Media, 2006) ISBN 1-59337-366-X
- Simple Pleasures of the Kitchen, collected by Susannah Seton (Conari Press, 2005) ISBN 1-57324-871-1
- Slang, Paul Dickson (Atria, 1998) ISBN 0-671-54919-7
- Travelers' Tales Greece, Larry Habegger, Sean O'Reilly and Brian Alexander, editors (Travelers' Tales Books, 2000) ISBN 1-885211-52-X
- The New Official Rules, Paul Dickson (Addison-Wesley Publishing Company Inc., 1989) ISBN 0-201-55090-3
- Unconditional Love, compiled by Avie Townsend (Heliographica, 2004) ISBN 1-933037-38-5
- Women Runners, Irene Reti and Bettianne Shoney Sien, editors (Breakaway Books, 2001) ISBN 1-891369-25-3
- The Writer's Handbook 2002 edited by Elfrieda Abbe (Kalmbach Publ., 2001) ISBN 0-87116-189-3
- Friedemann Pfäfflin, Astrid Junge - SEX REASSIGNMENT. Thirty Years of International Follow-up Studies After Sex Reassignment Surgery: A Comprehensive Review, 1961-1991 (Translated from German into American English by Roberta B. Jacobson and Alf B. Meier), Symposium publications IJT Electronic Books 1998
- Source: Amazon.com
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