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 was survived by his wife of 35 years and two sons. Kilian also served in the Coast Guard Auxiliary.

Novels

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

Non-fiction

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

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