Alice V. Roberts was born in December 1955 in Los Angeles, California living her entire growing-up years in Hancock Park. She attended Third Street Elementary School, Marymount Junior School and Marymount High School. She spent her weekends at the family ranch in Vista, California where she used to read books and dream about writing.

In 1974 Alice moved to Flagstaff, Arizona to attend Northern Arizona University. While a member of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority she met her husband when his Sigma Nu fraternity invited her sorority over for a party. They were married in August of 1976 and had two daughters.

Alice was diagnosed with severe osteoporosis in 1991 at the age of 35, by doctors at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona. In 1980 she had complete hysterectomy because of severe endometriosis and did not receive any hormone replacement therapy (HRT). At that time doctors did not know that early surgically induced menopause could lead to osteoporosis if there was no HRT.

In fact, when she began breaking bones in 1985, the doctors asked her if she was being abused by her husband.  They said if she would just admit it, they could put her and her daughters in a” safe house”.” Alice kept denying any domestic abuse but kept returning to the emergency room for more fractures. Finally, in 1991 Alice had an answer as to why she kept breaking bones.

In 1996 Alice and her husband divorced after 20 years of marriage. In 2001 she married her current husband.  When she remarried she began work in administration for a local law enforcement agency. And in 2004, just after turning 49, Alice needed a new bone density test because the town needed to update their medical files. Her doctor could not release her because her bones were now expected in a woman who would be in her 90s not someone who had just turned 49.

After a six-week pity party wondering, why it had to be her, she realized she could write and speak out about osteoporosis. For all those years Alice had saved every bone density test result, medical reports, x-ray diagnosis, surgery reports for some fractures, physical therapy exercise sheets and any other papers regarding her bones.

As one of the country's fastest growing epidemics, osteoporosis, often referred to as the “silent disease” is finally receiving the public attention it deserves. Due to Alice’s age and the severity of osteoporosis, she realized she could become an advocate for the National Osteoporosis Foundation, speak out to draw awareness to the disease and its causes, and encourage people to see their family doctor and get a bone density test.

In Washington, D.C. in the Capitol, Alice has spoken in the offices of Representative Ann Kirkpatrick, Senator Jon Kyl and Senator John McCain. In October of 2009, Alice spoke in Dallas, Texas, for World Osteoporosis Day. She has also spoken at women’s health expos and done talk radio in Phoenix.

Alice lives near the “Red Rocks” of Sedona, Arizona with her husband, black Lab and Siamese cat. She has two married daughters and six grandchildren (one boy and five girls).

Alice’s mission is to increase osteoporosis awareness, promote education and encourage prevention of this rapidly growing disease. She claims that if one book helps just one person, it was worth writing.