Steven Roberts, self-avowed Shakespeare freak, had a successful career in public service and politics, including elected office. He is also an award-winning college professor who teaches part time for local colleges. Roberts holds a Ph. D in Political Science, a Master of Pubic Administration, and a BA in English Literature. A published author of four collections of short stories and a volume of poetry, Steve’s first children’s book, Baking Is Messy and So Is Life, was published in June, 2022. He currently is working a memoir recounting the eight years he was his parents’ live-in caregiver. He has two grown children, six grandchildren (four live in Montana). Along with his two rescue dogs, Daphne and Thelma, Steve lives in Knoxville, Tennessee in the same house where he grew up