About

Roberta Eaton Cheadle is a South African writer and poet specialising in historical, paranormal, and horror novels and short stories. She is an avid reader in these genres and her writing has been influenced by famous authors including Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe, Amor Towles, Stephen Crane, Enrich Maria Remarque, George Orwell, Stephen King, and Colleen McCullough.

Roberta has short stories and poems in several anthologies and has two published novels:

Through the Nethergate, a historical supernatural fantasy; and
A Ghost and His Gold, a historical paranormal novel set in South Africa.

Roberta has thirteen children’s books published in collaboration with her son, Michael, under the name Robbie Cheadle. She also has two poetry books and two books for young teenagers published under this name. Robbie is a member of the SCBWI South Africa and is registered as an author and an illustrator. You can find some of Robbie’s artworks here: https://www.robbiecheadle.co.za/art-gallery/. Robbie also contributes wildlife photographs to Unsplash for free use. You can find her photographs here: https://unsplash.com/@r_cheadle

Roberta was educated at the University of South Africa where she achieved a Bachelor of Accounting Science in 1996 and a Honours Bachelor of Accounting Science in 1997. She was admitted as a member of The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants in 2000.

Roberta has worked in corporate finance from 2001 until the present date and has written seven publications relating to investing in Africa. She has won several awards over her 20-year career in the category of Transactional Support Services.