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Prone to trysts of wanderlust with Harry, his 1984 VW camper van, writer and journalist Chris Killian remembers his father looking over his daily edition of the Detroit Free Press and saying, "A man who writes for a living never has a boring life." Killian earned his BA in History and English at Western Michigan University. He attended graduate school for counseling psychology, but left on a leap of faith to pursue a career in journalism. He’s been published in The Christian Science Monitor, United Press International, The New York Daily News, The Detroit Free Press, The Grand Rapids Press and the Kalamazoo Gazette, as well as producing stories for WMUK-FM, Southwest Michigan’s NPR station.
An avid lover of the outdoors who thru-hiked the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail in 2020, Killian has penned his first book, Right Here, chronicling his journeys into the heart of America on small roads and byways. Over the course of four years and 50,000 miles, spending time with people in the places where they create place, he witnesses the face of his nation unfold and begins to make amends with his own personal story.
An avid lover of the outdoors who thru-hiked the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail in 2020, Killian has penned his first book, Right Here, chronicling his journeys into the heart of America on small roads and byways. Over the course of four years and 50,000 miles, spending time with people in the places where they create place, he witnesses the face of his nation unfold and begins to make amends with his own personal story.