Douglas Kiker
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Ralph Douglas Kiker, Jr. (January 7, 1930 – August 14, 1991) was an American author and newspaper and television reporter whose career spanned three decades.
Kiker was born in
Kiker became distinguished for his numerous assignments over the years for NBC. Perhaps his best-known work was covering military conflicts in Southeast Asia (namely
But Kiker also excelled at domestic stories, as well, including the
In the early 1980s, Kiker did a report critical of radio personality
Despite the success of his 1950s novels, Kiker did not return to book length fiction until later in his life, when he wrote three mystery novels, "Murder on Clam Pond" (published in 1986), "Death at the Cut" (1988), and "Death Below Deck" (1991). The mysteries were set on Cape Cod and featured reporter Mac McFarland. They received considerable critical acclaim.
According to obituaries in The New York Times and other major newspapers, Douglas Kiker died in his sleep, apparently from a heart attack, while vacationing at his beloved Cape Cod summer home in Chatham, Massachusetts. He was 61. He was survived by his wife, one daughter, and four sons.
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