Roger Lee Vernon received a Master's degree from Northwestern University, traveled extensively throughout North American and Europe, and while writing his stories in the early 1950s worked as a Chicago high school teacher. In 1968 he received his PhD in history, also from Northwestern University, and afterward taught at colleges in the Chicago area and aboard US Navy ships. Retired, he lives in Elgin, Illinois with his wife.
Vernon's writing career consisted of two distinct phases. The first era was from 1955-1960. The second was 2010-2016.
