Christian Williams was an editor and reporter for The Washington Post before moving west to write for "Hill Street Blues" in 1987. With David Milch he created the series "Capital News" for ABC, and for Universal Studios the phenomenal worldwide success "Hercules". After writing and producing numerous one-hour dramas, he retired from television as co-executive producer of HBO's celebrated "Six Feet Under." He is an essayist, commentator and editor of the quarterly Journal of Town Hall Los Angeles. A private pilot and former champion dinghy racer, Williams is the author of "Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way" (Times Books), a biography of Ted Turner. He has four children and lives in Pacific Palisades with his wife, the former Tracy Olmstead.