Regina R. Robertson is an award-winning author, scriptwriter, journalist and dreamer.

As west coast editor of Essence magazine, Robertson writes cover and feature stories, represents the brand as host and moderator for special events and penned the once-weekly column, View from the West. In 2017, she edited her first book, He Never Came Home: Interviews, Stories, and Essays from Daughters on Life Without Their Fathers (Agate Bolden), which includes a foreword by Joy-Ann Reid.

Robertson’s written work has appeared in O, the Oprah Magazine, on TheRoot.com and the Associated Press newswire. She’s also been quoted in The Los Angeles Times and appeared as a featured guest on CNN International, MSNBC, SiriusXM Radio, The Talk, The Real, Access Live, NPR and KTLA-TV. With her sights set on expanding her reach, she has added live events to her resume. To date, her words have been spoken by Rihanna, Lester Holt and Billy Porter, as well as Angela Bassett, Kerry Washington, Trevor Noah and Viola Davis, to name a few. Additionally, she collaborated with Roc Nation for the 2nd Annual Diamond Ball and has written scripts for the iHeartRadio Music Awards, BET Her Fights: Breast Cancer and Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards, the latter which has aired on OWN. She’s also written for the 2020 TIME100, which aired on ABC, and Global Citizen’s Global Goal: Unite for Our Future, which was broadcast internationally, as well as on both MSNBC and NBC.

A New York native and graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology, Robertson is currently outlining her next book project and still pulls the occasional all-nighter to meet her deadlines. She is based in Los Angeles.