Scotty Roberts
Scotty Roberts is an author, illustrator and creative director from the Minneapolis and Saint Paul advertising world. The First Twelve Days is his memoir of the illness, amputation and divorce that arrived all at once, and of what he chose to build afterward.
The longer story
Scotty Roberts (Scott Alan Roberts) has spent decades telling stories for a living. He is a creative and art director, illustrator, designer, photographer and writer of fiction and nonfiction, and he has worked for years in the advertising world of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota.
He writes both fiction and nonfiction, and in his own words he is also a rogue historian, a rapscallion theologian, an adventurer and a father of six.
Then a long illness ended in the amputation of his leg and left him fighting for every breath, while his marriage was coming apart in the same season. The First Twelve Days, published in December 2025, is the record of those first twelve days and of a man choosing to rebuild.
Listen
Voice Of The Working ManPodcast interview, December 4, 2025Hosting a show, a book club or an event? Invite Scotty or use the press kit.
Read his story
138 pages. Short enough to read in a sitting, honest enough to stay with you.
