Dan Killeen is an author/illustrator living in beautiful and humid St. Louis. He is the seventh of eight artistically inclined siblings. Dan grew up reading old Peanuts books which his mom would pick up for him at garage sales along with his outfits. While studying at Indiana University he contributed a strip featuring the beloved character Implosion Boy to the Daily Student newspaper. More recently, Dan was awarded a fellowship honor from the Washington Post Writers Group for his comic strip entitled Steve. He has worked in marketing, graphic design, and theatre production.
The Tillie & Clementine series is inspired by his brother’s two little girls and set in the historic Benton Park neighborhood of St. Louis. All kids deserve to star in tDan Killeen is an author/illustrator living in beautiful and humid St. Louis. He is the seventh of eight artistically inclined siblings. Dan grew up reading old Peanuts books which his mom would pick up for him at garage sales along with his outfits. While studying at Indiana University he contributed a strip featuring the beloved character Implosion Boy to the Daily Student newspaper. More recently, Dan was awarded a fellowship honor from the Washington Post Writers Group for his comic strip entitled Steve. He has worked in marketing, graphic design, and theatre production.
The Tillie & Clementine series is inspired by his brother’s two little girls and set in the historic Benton Park neighborhood of St. Louis. All kids deserve to star in their own children’s book, so Uncle Dan is happy to re-create the adventures of his silly young nieces....more