John Lee

John Lee (March 12, 1931 – 2013) was an American writer of thrillers, many of them set in Second World War settings, as well as non-fiction books. He was also a professor of journalism, distinguished by his conscious decision not to take up a doctorate despite having made all the preparations for it. Lee was married to novelist Barbara Moore until her death in 2002 and regularly commuted between Memphis, Tennessee and Texas. Retired from teaching, he was later married to Shirley Miller Lee, a fo…