Michael David Kilian was a journalist and author. He was born in Toledo, Ohio

Toledo, Ohio

Toledo is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Lucas County. Toledo is in northwest Ohio, on the western end of Lake Erie, and borders the State of Michigan...

 and raised in Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

 and Westchester, New York. Kilian died on 26 October 2005 from illness and was interred at Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, is a military cemetery in the United States of America, established during the American Civil War on the grounds of Arlington House, formerly the estate of the family of Confederate general Robert E. Lee's wife Mary Anna Lee, a great...

. In addition to being a long-time correspondent for the Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune

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in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

, Kilian was an accomplished author of numerous books, including the Harrison Raines Civil War

American Civil War

The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

 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

Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

 and New York

New York

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, and Union soldiers who died at Fredericksburg and fought at Gettysburg on Little Round Top. Kilian is survived by his wife of 35 years and two sons.

Novels

• Harrison Raines series
  • Murder at Manassas - 2000 ISBN 0425172333
  • A Killing at Ball's Bluff - 2001 ISBN 0-425-17804-8
  • The Ironclad Alibi - 2002 ISBN 0-425-18325-4
  • A Grave at Glorieta - 2003 ISBN 0-425-18829-9
  • The Shiloh Sisters - 2003 ISBN 0-425-19403-5
  • Antietam Assassins - 2005 ISBN 0-7278-6272-3

• Other fiction
  • Valkyrie Project - 1981 ISBN 0-312-83607-4
  • Northern Exposure - 1983 ISBN 0-312-57896-2
  • Blood of the Czars - 1984 ISBN 0-312-08450-1
  • By order of the President - 1986 ISBN 0-312-11116-9
  • Dance on a sinking ship - 1988 ISBN 0-312-01413-9
  • Looker - 1991 ISBN 0-312-05123-9
  • Last Virginia gentleman - 1992 ISBN 0-312-07859-5
  • Big score - 1993 ISBN 0-312-09925-8
  • Major Washington - 1998 ISBN 0312181310
  • Weeping Woman - 2001 ISBN 0-425-18001-8
  • Uninvited Countess - 2002 ISBN 0-425-18582-6
  • Sinful safari - 2003 ISBN 0-425-19108-7
  • Deepkill - 2005 ISBN 0-425-20351-4

Non-Fiction

• Who runs Chicago? - 1979 ISBN 0-312-87023-X
• Who runs Washington? - 1982 ISBN 0-312-87024-8
• Heavy losses: The dangerous decline of American defense (with James Coates) - 1985 ISBN 0-670-80484-3
• Flying can be Fun - 1985 ISBN 0-88289-449-8 (Pbk)