Began her career as a journalist. She was hired in 1927 by Fox as secretary to the executive Winfield Sheehan. Roberts later worked for Paramount and MGM as a screenwriter and became a prominent member of the Screen Writers Guild.
I was weaned on stories about gunfighters and their doings, and I know all the lingo too. My grandfather came West as far as Colorado by covered wagon. He was a sheriff in the state's wildest days.
