Taylor Baldwin Kiland

Author

Taylor Baldwin Kiland is a writer and ghostwriter who specializes in military non-fiction. She has written, co-authored, ghost-written or edited fourteen books, including Open Doors: Vietnam POWs Thirty Years Later, the children’s book The U.S. Navy & Military Careers, A Walk in the Yard: A Self-Guided Walking Tour of the U.S. Naval Academy and Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton: Six Characteristics of High-Performance Teams.

A former naval officer – the third generation in her family to serve in the Navy, Taylor spent twenty years in the private sector as a marketing communications professional, with stints at Burson-Marsteller and Booz Allen Hamilton, before starting her writing career. She holds a master's degree in Marketing Communications from Northwestern University and a bachelor's degree in Journalism from the University of Southern California. She lives in Alexandria, Virginia, with her husband and daughter.