Stateside’s conversation with Devin Scillian Devin Scillian is a nightly news anchor for WDIV-TV in Detroit, as well as a successful children’s book author. He spoke with Memoirs series like the holiday-themed Memoirs of an Elf and the recent Memoirs of a Tortoise, which relates the story of an 80-year-old tortoise whose human companion passes away. Scillian says that he wasn’t initially sure the serious subject matter belonged in the light-hearted Memoirs series. “My editor wanted me to have faith and a little more confidence in the people who have read the other Memoirs books that they would be open to this idea, too,” he said. “And I do think it’s kind of an important topic to explore with kids.”