About Roger

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.