Peyton H. Roberts

My writing career began as assistant editor at American Veteran magazine, where I researched and wrote about American wars past and present. During that time, I married a Naval officer and embarked on a mostly sweet (but sometimes bitter) journey as a military spouse.

Since then, our change of geography every few years has led me into nonprofit, community, and corporate communication roles. My favorites include working for the American Red Cross, the Coronado Police Department, Novartis, and the Lutheran Church of Guam, where I organized family service trips to an orphanage in The Philippines.

After returning stateside, our family grew by two (that sounds so simple, right?), and my role transitioned into military mom. Our family became my priority as we powered, and sometimes trudged, through Navy workups and deployments. My outside-the-home work transitioned to freelance writing and teaching communication classes as adjunct faculty at Regent University.

Amid the constant uncertainty of military family life, writing has been the seam connecting my professional and personal endeavors. In San Diego, I researched my way to a Master’s degree in communication and edited a collection of poems into a book for an acclaimed poet (#BlackVoicesMatter). On tropical Guam, I blogged travels and diving adventures at Peyt’s Island and wrote a cooking column for The Guam Guide. In Virginia Beach, I compiled My Dearest Bea, a collection of letters written by my grandparents Bea and Bill Holston during the painful separation following their wedding day. Additionally, my work has appeared in Stars and Stripes, Bellissima Magazine, and Romper, and one of my travel stories was picked up by National Geographic.

My contemporary women’s novel BENEATH THE SEAMS debuts with Scrivenings Press on May 11, 2021. I love connecting with friends old and new. Please don’t hesitate to say hello!

Website: https://peytonwrites.com