Crawford Kilian

Background

Kilian, Crawford was born on February 7, 1941 in New York City. Son of Victor William Cosgrove and Verne (Debney) Kilian.

Education

He graduated from Santa Monica High School in 1958 and moved back to New York to attend college. Kilian completed his undergraduate career at Columbia University in 1962.

Career

He is also the former public education columnist for the Vancouver Province newspaper. Kilian holds an undergraduate degree from Columbia University and master's degree from Simon Fraser University. After graduation, Kilian was drafted into the United States Army where he completed a two-year tour of duty.

After his tour of duty, he became a technical writer for the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory in Berkeley, California. Shortly after he moved to Vancouver, Canada, where he began his education career. Kilian taught in two British Columbia community colleges between 1967 and 2008, of which five months were spent in China from 1983 to 1984.

Kilian's first teaching position was at the Vancouver post-secondary institution, Vancouver Community College. Shortly after in 1968, he moved to Capilano College for its inaugural year. After 40 years at Capilano, he retired in the spring of 2008.

Kilian has published hundreds of articles on a wide range of topics including education, science, environment, politics, webwriting, and books. After retirement he became a part-time writer-editor for The Tyee, a online newspaper based in Vancouver. He currently lives in North Vancouver, British Columbia.

Works

• book

  • The Fall of the Republic (Chronoplane Wars Trilogy)

    (Jerry Pierce, a colonel barely out of his teens, is fight...)

  • Wonders, Inc.

    (A young boy feels his town has little to offer until he c...)

  • Eyas

    (A ground-breaking page turner in the realm of speculative...)

  • Gryphon

    (A ground-breaking page turner in the realm of speculative...)

  • Icequake

    (A ground-breaking page turner in the realm of speculative...)

  • Rogue Emperor (Chronoplane Wars, No. 3)

    (A ground-breaking page turner in the realm of speculative...)

  • School wars: The assault on B.C. education

    (Book by Kilian, Crawford)

  • Go Do Some Great Thing: The Black Pioneers of British Columbia

    (Nonficton. African American Studies. Canadian History. Th...)

  • Icequake ICEQUAKE By Kilian, Crawford ( Author )Dec-01-1998 Paperback

Membership

Trustee North Vancouver School Board, 1980-1982. With United States Army, 1963-1965.

Interests

• Avocations: hiking, reading, tropical fish.

Connections

Married Alice Fairfax, April 8, 1966. Children: Anna Catherine, Margaret Cathleen.