Lee Vasey, author of Listing: Casual Encounters, is a Texas-born writer who makes his home in Colorado.
Lee was born in Lackland AFB, TX on July 23, 1963. His father was an Air Force drill instructor and his mother worked as a civilian in the base hospital. Lee was the couple’s fourth and last child, and he grew up with two older sisters. An older brother, Richard, died in infancy before Lee was born.
Lee was enrolled in various Catholic schools in the San Antonio area, eventually graduating from Saint Anthony Catholic High School in 1981.
He attempted to join the U.S. Navy’s nuclear engineering program, but his entrance exam showed him to be severely claustrophobic and unfit for duty aboard a vessel. However, his flair for languages caught the attention of the intelligence officers and he enlisted in the Office of Special Services in 1982.
It was during his time in the OSS that Lee discovered his love for writing. His duties included writing several reports a day, often reporting on the same situations and rewriting the dispatches based on classification levels and familiarity with the English language. He was also responsible for taking highly complex political wranglings and narrating them in a “boiled-down” style so that they made sense to the average reader. He bagan taking writing and composition classes through the University of Marlyand’s overseas extension programs, eventually earning a Bachelor’s degree in English.
It was also during his tenure in the military service that Lee became interested (some would say obsessed) with sex. His first overseas posting was as a U.S. Army liaison in Camp Humphreys, South Korea, where he became very well known among the local prostitutes, both male and female. He started keeping a diary of his sexual encounters, often paying extra for permission to take photographs. He was also twice disciplined for taking “indecent liberties” with female Army officers, but the court-martials were dismissed for lack of evidence.
After his tour in Korea, he was given an assignment at Great Lakes Naval Station, where he again became a known figure among the various escort services. He also organized an informal “swingers club” and an all-male sex club in the nearby suburbs.
Normally, these indiscretions would have cost the young seaman his security clearance (and his job), but many military officers, officers’ wives, and high-ranking civilians were among his clubs’ “members,” and they were more than willing to maintain a truce in exchange for his silence.
Another posting sent him to Frankfurt, Germany during the last days of the Cold War, where Lee could invariably be found spending his off-duty time at striptease establishments, brothels, or sex clubs. It was during his stay in Germany when he began detailing his exploits in “letters to the editor” for various men’s magazines.
After receiving his honorable discharge, Lee went to South Carolina to accept a job offer from an old buddy who was forming a new information-management company. The Internet was in its infancy and Lee’s career grew along with the new phenomenon. Lee decided that it was time to return to college and he obtained one of the very first degrees in Information Technology granted by the school. True to form, he also eagerly persued sexual relations with his professors and many of the students. He continued to photograph his sex partners and kept up with detailing his exploits in his diary.
Lee was quick to recognize the advantages of the Internet to increase his number of anonymous sexual contacts, and soon became immersed in the world of online sex. It was while browsing through the requests for gay sex that he came upon an ad from a publisher, seeking to read stories from men who had solicited sex online. Lee agreed to have his stories published in a book.
Today, he is retired from his Internet career and is active in many charities and volunteer organizations. Twice divorced, he lives in Colorado with his third wife.