Joseph Robert Conroy (August 24, 1938 – December 30, 2014) was an author of
alternate history novels.[1]
Life
After he got an
MBA, Conroy was a professor at
Macomb Community College and taught business and economic history.
Following his early retirement, Conroy first became interested in alternate history after studying recently discovered
Imperial German plans for the invasion of the United States by Kaiser
Wilhelm II, which formed the basis for his first novel, 1901. He then wrote other alternative history novels during his semiretirement.
Married for over 40 years, he had one daughter and two grandchildren.
On December 30, 2014, Conroy died from cancer.[2][3][4]
Himmler's War (2011),
ISBN978-1451637618, deals with what might have happened if
Hitler had been killed in 1944, and leadership of Nazi Germany had passed to
Himmler, who then adopts a considerably different strategy.
North Reich (2012)
ASINB008BVXZXO (e-book only), considers if the UK had surrendered to Germany in World War II, and had a fascist regime installed across the
Commonwealth and
Empire, with
Canada becoming a base from which Germany prepares to launch a war against the United States.
Rising Sun (2012),
ISBN978-1451638516, is set in the aftermath of a Japanese victory at the
Battle of Midway, in which Japan launches an invasion of
Alaska and conducts carrier-based airstrikes against the West Coast of the United States.
Storm Front (2015),
ISBN978-1476780870, Conroy's last book and his only non-alternate history work. This novel is about a small town in
Michigan which is hit by an unexpected and record-setting blizzard. The townspeople must survive the storm and deal with other threats, the most serious of which is two violent escaped convicts.
Joseph Robert Conroy (August 24, 1938 – December 30, 2014) was an author of
alternate history novels.[1]
Life
After he got an
MBA, Conroy was a professor at
Macomb Community College and taught business and economic history.
Following his early retirement, Conroy first became interested in alternate history after studying recently discovered
Imperial German plans for the invasion of the United States by Kaiser
Wilhelm II, which formed the basis for his first novel, 1901. He then wrote other alternative history novels during his semiretirement.
Married for over 40 years, he had one daughter and two grandchildren.
On December 30, 2014, Conroy died from cancer.[2][3][4]
Himmler's War (2011),
ISBN978-1451637618, deals with what might have happened if
Hitler had been killed in 1944, and leadership of Nazi Germany had passed to
Himmler, who then adopts a considerably different strategy.
North Reich (2012)
ASINB008BVXZXO (e-book only), considers if the UK had surrendered to Germany in World War II, and had a fascist regime installed across the
Commonwealth and
Empire, with
Canada becoming a base from which Germany prepares to launch a war against the United States.
Rising Sun (2012),
ISBN978-1451638516, is set in the aftermath of a Japanese victory at the
Battle of Midway, in which Japan launches an invasion of
Alaska and conducts carrier-based airstrikes against the West Coast of the United States.
Storm Front (2015),
ISBN978-1476780870, Conroy's last book and his only non-alternate history work. This novel is about a small town in
Michigan which is hit by an unexpected and record-setting blizzard. The townspeople must survive the storm and deal with other threats, the most serious of which is two violent escaped convicts.