Michael Kilian

Michael David Kilian (16 July 1939 – 26 October 2005) was a journalist and author. He was born in Toledo, Ohio and raised in Chicago and Westchester, New York. Kilian died on 26 October 2005 from illness and was interred at Arlington National Cemetery. In addition to being a long-time correspondent for the Chicago Tribune in Washington, D.C., Kilian was an accomplished author of numerous books, including the Harrison Raines Civil War mysteries. His father was instrumental in his education of the Civil War era and in visiting the many battlefield sites. His family includes early settlers of Virginia and New York, and Union soldiers who died at Fredericksburg and fought at Gettysburg on Little Round Top. In 1993, Killian began writing the Dick Tracy comic strip with illustrator Dick Locher. One of their storylines involved Tess Trueheart serving Tracy with divorce papers. Kilian had a wife, to whom he had been married for 35 years, and two sons. Kilian also served in the Coast Guard Auxiliary.

Novels Harrison Raines series Murder at Manassas - 2000 A Killing at Ball's Bluff - 2001 The Ironclad Alibi - 2002 A Grave at Glorieta - 2003 The Shiloh Sisters - 2003 Antietam Assassins - 2005 Bedford Green series Weeping Woman - 2001 Uninvited Countess - 2002 Sinful Safari - 2003 Other fiction Valkyrie Project - 1981 Northern Exposure - 1983 Blood of the Czars - 1984 By order of the President - 1986 Dance on a Sinking Ship - 1988 Looker - 1991 Last Virginia gentleman - 1992 Big score - 1993 Major Washington - 1998 Deepkill - 2005

Non-fiction Who runs Chicago? - 1979 Who runs Washington? - 1982 Heavy losses: The dangerous decline of American defense (with James Coates) - 1985 Flying can be Fun - 1985 (Pbk)