Roger's friends also knew him as a talented composer and performer of tabletop role-playing games, including Eon, which was played at Reed College from 2007 to 2013.

He wrote his senior thesis on the narratology of suspense in the mysteries of Edgar Allan Poe, working under the supervision of Professor Robert Knapp.

Roger developed his interest in the noir genre at Reed College, where he graduated with a major in English in 2011. His essay on growing up with online media, 'Instant Message, Instant Girlfriend,' was published by the New York Times in 2008. While still in high school, Roger's one-act play, 'Not Another Divine Comedy' won the Pittsburgh New Works Festival and was performed by the Open Stage Company in 2007. Roger was a masterful storyteller who achieved considerable success in the craft of writing at an early age. He attended elementary school in Harvard, MA and graduated from Conestoga High School in the Tredyffrin-Easttown school district, a suburb of Philadelphia. Roger John Hobbs was born Jin Boston as the only son of Randy and Renee Hobbs. In Italia: Hobbs, Roger (2013) L'ombra.Roger Hobbs died of a drug overdose in Portland, Oregon, on November 14, 2016. In 2014, Hobbs was nominated for the Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author. In 2011, Hobbs sold the adaptation rights to his crime fiction Ghostman to Warner Brothers.

He was the author of Ghostman and Vanishing Games. Roger Hobbs (J– November 14, 2016) was an American writer.

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