Roger L. Conlee, who lives in San Diego, CA, is a longtime journalist, author and public relations professional. He was a sportswriter, reporter and editor for the Chicago Daily News and San Diego Evening Tribune. Following that, he was a communications specialist for public relations and advertising agencies in San Diego. He's been a writer all his life, some highlights include:

• Founder and principal of Conlee Communications, a public relations and marketing firm now inactive.

• Former features staffer, copy editor and men's fashion columnist, CHICAGO DAILY NEWS. Former chief copy editor and sportswriter, SAN DIEGO EVENING TRIBUNE.

• Former Communications Director, San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce.

Writing awards:

• Winner of the Action/Thriller Fiction Award in the 2010 San Diego Book Awards for The Hindenburg Letter.

• Winner of the Fantasy/Science Fiction Award in the 2007 San Diego Book Awards for Counterclockwise.

• Distinguished Honor Award for Every Shape, Every Shadow, Military Writers Society of America, 2006.

• "One of the 100 Best Short Stories of the Year," WRITERS' DIGEST, 1997.

• The Nonfiction Award, Southern California Writers' Conference, 1995.

Affiliations:

• Past director of the San Diego Press Club, San Diego County chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), San Diego State University Alumni Association.

• Past president of the San Diego Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA).

• Recipient of PRSA's Eva Irving Achievement Award, 1996; former San Diego Public Relations Professional of the Year.

Novels:

• SOULS ON THE WIND This thriller with a dusting of science fiction features a devoted couple determined to do the right thing in the face of a greedy, shadowy enemy out to destroy them.

• THE HINDENBURG LETTERAn impetuous reporter for William Randolph Hearst risks his very life to steal into Nazi Germany during World War II on a desperate mission of family revenge.

• COUNTERCLOCKWISE A tale of war, spies, time travel, and a Southern California few could know or imagine. A place beyond space and time. Did squadrons of Japanese planes attack Los Angeles with a devastating air raid during World War II? And could a man do something about it fifty years later?

• EVERY SHAPE, EVERY SHADOW A historical novel on the Battle of Guadalcanal, published by Pale Horse Books.