Devin Scillian ( ; born January 11, 1963) is an American

television journalist Broadcast journalism is the field of news and journals which are broadcast by electronic methods instead of the older methods, such as printed newspapers and posters. It works on radio (via air, cable, and Internet), television (via air, cable, ...

, musician and

children's author Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader. Children's ...

Broadcast career

While still a student at the

University of Kansas The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States, and several satellite campuses, research and educational centers, medical centers, and classes across the state of Kansas. Tw ...

, Scillian began his television career at

WIBW-TV WIBW-TV (channel 13) is a television station in Topeka, Kansas, United States, affiliated with CBS and owned by Gray Television. The station's studios are located on Commerce Place (next to the interchange of I-70, I-470, US 40, US 75 and K-4) i ...

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. After graduating from the William Allen White School of Journalism at Kansas, Scillian worked from 1985 to 1986 at

WAND-TV WAND (channel 17) is a television station licensed to Decatur, Illinois, United States, serving the Central Illinois region as an affiliate of NBC. Owned by Block Communications, the station maintains studios on South Side Drive in Decatur, and ...

in Decatur, Illinois. He spent the next three years as the main anchor at

KLTV KLTV (channel 7) is a television station licensed to Tyler, Texas, United States, serving East Texas as an affiliate of ABC and Telemundo. K31PR-D (channel 31) is a digital translator, also licensed to Tyler, in full simulcast with the primary ...

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, before moving to KFOR in Oklahoma City in 1989. He joined

WDIV WDIV-TV (channel 4) is a television station in Detroit, Michigan, United States, affiliated with NBC. It serves as the flagship broadcast property of the Graham Media Group subsidiary of Graham Holdings Company. WDIV-TV maintains studio faciliti ...

as a reporter in 1995, and took an anchor position in 1996. Scillian has appeared as a television journalist in several films, including ''

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'', '' The Double'', and '' Mooz-lum'', as well as a recurring role on ''

The Ellen DeGeneres Show ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'' (often shortened to ''Ellen'' or ''The Ellen Show'') is an American daytime television variety comedy talk show that was created and hosted by its namesake Ellen DeGeneres. Debuting on September 8, 2003, it was prod ...

'' as a news anchor in a "Breaking News" skit.

Books

His 21 books include ''A Is For America'' (2001), ''Fibblestax'' (2000), and ''Memoirs of a Goldfish'' (2010). He has co-written two books with his wife, Corey. ''One Kansas Farmer'' illustrated by Doug Bowles, was released in 2009. Their previous book, ''S Is For Sunflower'', won the Bill Martin, Jr. Picture Book Award in 2007. His most recent book is ''A Parliament of Owls'' illustrated by Sam Caldwell (2022).

Music

Scillian has released four albums of his original country music. He won the Detroit Music Award for Best Country Vocalist in 2018 and Best Country Performer in 2001. He and his band Arizona Son make frequent appearances at summer music festivals. They've opened for the likes of

Toby Keith Toby Keith Covel (born July 8, 1961), known professionally as Toby Keith, is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor, and record producer. He released his first four studio albums—1993's ''Toby Keith'', 1994's ''Boomtown'', 1996' ...

Reba McEntire Reba Nell McEntire (born March 28, 1955), or simply Reba, is an American country music singer and actress. Dubbed " the Queen of Country", she has sold more than 75 million records worldwide. Since the 1970s, McEntire has placed over 100 single ...

and

LeAnn Rimes Margaret LeAnn Rimes Cibrian (born August 28, 1982) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She originally rose to success as a country music artist at age 13 with 1996's "Blue". She has since crossed over into pop, contemporary Chris ...

Discography

*''Argentina'' (1995) *''Tulsa'' (2000) *''A is for America'' (2001) *''Letter from London'' (2016)

Publications

*''Fibblestax'' (2000) *''A is for America'' (2001) *''One Nation: America by the Numbers'' (2002) *''P is for Passport'' (2003) *''Cosmo's Moon'' (2003) *''S is for Sooner'' (2003) *''S is for Sunflower'' (2004) *''H is for Honor'' (2006) *''Pappy's Handkerchief'' (2007) *''Brewster the Rooster'' (2007) *''One Kansas Farmer: A Kansas Number Book'' (2009) *''Memoirs of a Goldfish'' (2010) *''D is for Down Under: An Australia Alphabet'' (2010) *''Westward Journeys'' (2013) *''Memoirs of a Hamster'' (2013) *''Johnny Kaw: A Tall Tale'' (2013) *''Memoirs of an Elf'' (2014) *''Memoirs of a Parrot'' (2016) *''Mistletoe: A Very Confused Christmas'' (2017) *''Back Roads Country Toads'' (2019) *''Memoirs of a Tortoise'' (2020) *''A Parliament of Owls'' (2022)

Filmography

*''

'' (2011) - Reporter #3 *'' Mooz-lum'' (2011) - News broadcaster *'' The Double'' (2011) - Newscaster

References

External links

Devin Scillian's website
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