Born in Mount Vernon, New York, he now lives in Morehead City, North Carolina.
As you'll see, he's worked on 9 ghost books - maybe more. Including one called "Lighthouse Ghosts."
Also known for his travel photography and photos of lighthouses.
Not to be confused with the 70-year-old singer-songwriter!
From "Contemporary Authors":
CAREER:
Tampa Tribune, Tampa, Fla., reporter, 1954-55; editor and publisher of weekly newspapers, Lumberton Post, Lumberton, N.C., and Scottish Chief, Maxton, N.C., 1956-58; Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, N.C., staff photographer, 1959-61; director of
photography for Wilmington, Del., newspapers, 1962-63; free-lance photographer for magazines and books, 1963-78; Southern Living (magazine), Birmingham, Ala.,
director of photography, 1978--. Director, Carolina Illustrated, Inc. (photographic service).
AWARDS:
Named Southern Photographer of the Year, 1959 and 1961; first place awards in National Press Photographers Association news pictures competition, 1959, 1960,
and 1961; Where Time Stood Still: A Portrait of Appalachia chosen by the New York Times
editorial board as one of the outstanding children's books of 1970.
http://brucerobertsphotography.com/bio.html
(longish bio, with photo)
https://www.facebook.com/brucerobertsphotography/
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/00122/cah-00122.html
(short bio plus "Guide to the Bruce Roberts Photographic Archive,
1948-1989")
https://peoplepill.com/people/bruce-roberts-4/
(another bio, with his early photo of Elvis)
https://www.starnewsonline.com/article/NC/20141110/news/605048249/WM
(article from 2014: "Photographer recalls capturing N.C. in pictures")
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Roberts_(photographer)
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22bruce+roberts%22+books&rlz=1CAFIXM_enUS887&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjxo7WW5rjnAhUr2FkKHYyYA0sQ_AUoA3oECA4QBQ&biw=1920&bih=953
(book covers)
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22bruce+roberts%22+ghosts&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiM6MKX5rjnAhXNAt8KHUXqATAQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=%22bruce+roberts%22+ghosts&gs_l=img.3...21267.22374..22510...0.0..0.73.405.6......0....1..gws-wiz-img.......0i8i30j0i24.l4HgagR0wsI&
ei=YNw5Xoy4I82F_AbF1IeAAw&bih=953&biw=1920&rlz=1CAFIXM_enUS887
(covers of the ghost books)
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/bruce-nancy-roberts/americas-most-haunted-places/
(Kirkus review of "America's Most Haunted Places")
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/25736.Bruce_Roberts
(reader reviews)
https://www.google.com/search?q=bruce+roberts+photographer&source=lnms&tbm=vid&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiEseKh5bjnAhXSjFkKHZtHDUgQ_AUoA3oECBEQBQ&biw=1920&bih=953
(videos)
WRITINGS BY THE AUTHOR:
* (Coauthor) Light House Families, Crane Hill Publications, 1997.
* (Editor) The Face of North Carolina, illustrated with
photographs by the author and others, McNally & Loftin, 1962.
* The Carolina Gold Rush: America's First, illustrated with
photographs by the author and others, McNally & Loftin, 1971, 2nd
edition, 1972.
With Nancy Roberts; self-illustrated with photographs:
* Where Time Stood Still: A Portrait of Appalachia, Crowell-
Collier, 1970.
* This Haunted Land, McNally & Loftin, 1970.
* Ghosts and Specters: Ten Supernatural Stories from the Deep
South, Doubleday, 1974.
* Ghosts of the Wild West, Doubleday, 1976.
* America's Most Haunted Places, Doubleday, 1976.
Photographer:
* W. J. McNally, Harper's Ferry in Pictures, McNally (Charlotte,
N.C.), 1960.
* David Stick, The Cape Hatteras Seashore, McNally & Loftin, 1964,
revised edition, 1973; Frances Griffin, Old Salem in Pictures, McNally
& Loftin, 1966.
* Malcolm Boyd and Eric Sevareid, You Can't Kill the Dream
(contains Reflections by Boyd and The American Dream by Sevareid),
John Knox, 1968.
* Joel Rothman, At Last to Ocean: The Story of the Endless Cycle
of Water, Crowell-Collier, 1971.
* John Foster West, This Proud Land: The Blue Ridge Mountains,
McNally & Loftin, 1974.
Photographer for books by Nancy Roberts:
* An Illustrated Guide to Ghosts and Mysterious Occurrences in the
Old North State, Heritage House, 1959, 2nd edition, McNally & Loftin,
1967.
* Ghosts of the Carolinas, McNally & Loftin, 1962, 2nd edition,
1967.
* David, John Knox, 1968.
* Sense of Discovery: The Mountain, John Knox, 1969.
* A Week in Robert's World: The South, Crowell-Collier, 1969.
* The Governor, McNally & Loftin, 1972.
* The Goodliest Land: North Carolina, Doubleday, 1973.
* The Faces of South Carolina, Doubleday, 1976.
* You and Your Retarded Child, Concordia, 1977.
* Appalachian Ghosts, Doubleday, 1978.
* Southern Ghosts, Doubleday, 1979.
* (Photographer) Southern Lighthouses: Chesapeake Bay To The Gulf
of Mexico, Globe Pequot Press, 1989.
* Plantation Homes of the James River, University of North
Carolina Press, 1990.
* (Photographer) American Country Shores, Globe Pequot Press,
1991.
* (Photographer) Steel Ships and Iron Men: A Tribute to World War
II Fighting Ships and the Men Who Served on them, Globe Pequot Press,
1991.
* (Photographer) Western Lighthouses: Olympic Peninsula to San
Diego, Globe Pequot Press, 1993.
* (Photographer) Northern Lighthouses: New Brunswich to the Jersey
Shores, Globe Pequot Press, 1994.
* (Photographer) Great Lakes Lighthouses: Ontario to Superior,
Globe Pequot Press, 1994.
* (Photographer) Eastern Great Lakes Lighthouses: Ontario, Erie,
and Huron, Globe Pequot Press, 1996.
* (Photographer) New England Lighthouses: Bay of Fundy to Long
Island South, Globe Pequot Press, 1996.
* (Photographer) Mid-Atlantic Lighthouses: Hudson River to
Chesapeake Bay, Globe Pequot Press, 1996.
* (Photographer) Western Great Lakes Lighthouses: Michigan and
Superior, Globe Pequot Press, 1996.
* (Photographer) California Lighthouses: Oregon to the Aleutians,
Globe Pequot Press, 1997.
* (Photographer) Pacific Northwest Lighthouses: Point St. George
to the Gulf of Santa Catalina, Globe Pequot Press, 1997.
* (Photographer) Southeastern Lighthouses: Outer Banks to Cape
Florida, Globe Pequot Press, 1998.
* American Lighthouses: A Comprehensive Guide, Globe Pequot Press,
1998.
* (Photographer) Gulf Coast Lighthouses: Florida Keys to the Rio
Grande, Globe Pequot Press, 1998.
* (Coauthor) Moving Hatteras: Relocating the Capes Hatteras Light
Station to Safety, Light House Publications, 1998.
* (Coauthor) Cape Hatteras: America's Lighthouses, Cumberland
House, 1999.
* Lighthouse Ghosts by Norma Elizabeth & Bruce Roberts, 1999
* (Photographer) North Carolina Lighthouses, Lighthouse
Publications, 2000.
Lenona.
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