aka Rachel Lindsay, Janey Scott, Rozella Lake Roberta Leigh was the most frequently used pen name of an author who also published novels as Rachel Lindsay, Rozella Lake, and Janey Scott. Her birth name was Rita Shulman. Leigh was one of the first romance writers to introduce strong, career-minded heroines who wouldn't be bossed around by the hero. Leigh had her own film company and wrote and produced 7 TV series for children. She would also "write" the music for her series, although this usually involved her humming or singing the tune into a tape recorder, after which someone else would arrange and write a score. She studied oil and watercolor painting with Diana Raphael and Michael Chaitow, who her interest in abstract art. Her work has been exhibited at the Podbury Gallery and Finnegan's Gallery in London. In 1948, she married Michael Lewin and they had a son, Jeremy. Her husband passed away in 1981.