Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Lee was educated at St. Paul Elementary School and
graduated from Towson High.

He was graduated from the University of Baltimore with a degree in Marketing and an advertising and journalism specialty. Lee holds the insurance designation of Chartered Life Underwriter and has taken many advanced courses in his profession, including Economics at Johns Hopkins University. Additionally, Lee has taught a number of insurance and salesmanship courses.

He received an honorable discharge from the United States Army in 1963.

Lee founded his own company and, as a Managing General Insurance Broker, created a specialty bank single interest program under the name The Matterhorn Bank Program. He expanded his program to thirty-five states throughout America before selling his company to study gambling and to write.

He spends his time between Bel Air and Ocean City, Maryland and can be found often in Atlantic City, New Jersey and Las Vegas, Nevada.

The Sultan of Atlantic City is his first novel. He has published a technical book on the Homeowners Policy and a comprehensive analysis on Blackjack called Blackjack Consensus, or How to take the BS out of Basic Strategy.

He is currently working on two other novels, one of which is a sequel to The Sultan.