Now that we have such a big stable of talented authors, we're going to take some time this year to re-introduce them to you. Alex Burkholder is the author of "Death of the Angels" a book that he spent many years thoroughly researching. It's about the tragic fire in 1958 that took the lives of 92 students and three nuns at Our Lady of Angels school on Chicago's West Side.
Alex Burkholder
Alex Burkholder was born and raised in Chicago. He received a Master Degree in Journalism from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.During his younger years Alex rode on Chicago Fire Department apparatus and helped fight fires. Alex began his forty-six-year career in journalism with Chicago’s Lerner Newspapers in 1962. Next he moved to WGN Radio and Television News for twenty-one years. That experience was followed by twenty-four years at ABC7 Chicago mainly as an investigative producer and recipient of an Emmy Award. He is a founding member of the Fire Museum of Greater Chicago. Alex and his wife, Barbara, reside in Schaumburg, Illinois.
