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Max Allen Collins was born in 1948 in Muscatine, Iowa. He is a two-time winner of the Private Eye Writer's of America's Shamus Award for his Nathaniel Heller historical thrillers "True Detective" and "Stolen Away". Collins also wrote the Dick Tracy comic strip begining in 1977 and ending in the early 1990s. He has contributed to a number of other comics, including Batman. Collins created his first independent feature film, Mommy, following a nightmarish experience as screenwriter on the cable movie The Expert. Collins has been contracted by DC Comics to write three tie-ins to his critically acclaimed graphic novel "The Road to Perdition", which was adapted into the feature film. Author of other such move tie-in bestsellers as "In the Line of Fire" and "Air Force One", he is also the screenwriter/director of the cult favorite suspense films "Mommie" and "Mommie's Day". (Publisher Provided) Max Allen Collins was born in Muscatine, Iowa on March 3, 1948. His graphic novel Road to Perdition, published in 1998, is the basis of the Academy Award-winning 2002 film starring Tom Hanks, Paul Newman and Daniel Craig. His other works include Road to Purgatory, Road to Paradise, Return to Perdition, Bye Bye, Baby, and Target Lancer. He won the Shamus awards for True Detective in 1983 and Stolen Away in 1991. He is completing a number of Mike Hammer novels begun by the late Mickey Spillane. He has collaborated with his wife Barbara Collins on three novels and numerous short stories. Their Antiques Flee Market won the Romantic Times Best Humorous Mystery Novel award in 2009. His comics credits include the syndicated strip Dick Tracy (1977-1993), Ms. Tree, Batman; and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, based on the hit TV series for which he has also written ten novels. He has written tie-in books for several movies including Saving Private Ryan, Air Force One, and American Gangster, which won the Best Novel Scribe Award in 2008 from the International Association of Tie-in Writers. His non-fiction works include The History of Mystery and Men's Adventure Magazines, which won Anthony Award. He is also an independent filmmaker. He has written and directed five features and two documentaries, including the Lifetime movie Mommy and the sequel, Mommy's Day. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Road to Perdition… (more)
Road to Perdition 493 copies, 12 reviews
Bones: Buried Deep 330 copies, 6 reviews
Double Dealer 324 copies, 4 reviews
Sin City 302 copies, 4 reviews
Cold Burn 295 copies, 3 reviews
Two For The Money 273 copies, 6 reviews
Body Of Evidence 258 copies, 6 reviews
You Can't Stop Me 250 copies, 12 reviews
Grave Matters 248 copies, 5 reviews
Binding Ties 237 copies, 5 reviews
Windtalkers [2002 film] (Author) 237 copies, 8 reviews
The Last Quarry 234 copies, 14 reviews
Saving Private Ryan 232 copies, 3 reviews
True Detective 218 copies, 4 reviews
Dark Angel: Before the Dawn 213 copies, 6 reviews
Deadly Beloved (Hard Case Crime) 207 copies, 11 reviews
The First Quarry 199 copies, 8 reviews
Dark Angel: Skin Game 192 copies, 7 reviews
Quarry 190 copies, 10 reviews
Dark Angel: After the Dark 189 copies, 3 reviews
Killing Game 179 copies, 4 reviews
The Mummy: a novel 176 copies, 4 reviews
Quarry in the Middle 172 copies, 4 reviews
Supreme Justice 151 copies, 8 reviews
Snake Eyes 147 copies, 5 reviews
Florida Getaway 143 copies, 3 reviews
The Titanic Murders 137 copies, 9 reviews
Batman: Child of Dreams (English Adaptation) 130 copies, 2 reviews
Stolen Away 124 copies, 1 review
Waterworld 123 copies
Seduction of the innocent 119 copies, 7 reviews
Quarry's Ex 118 copies, 5 reviews
Jump Cut (Criminal Minds) 116 copies, 5 reviews
The Goliath Bone (Author) 116 copies, 7 reviews
The Pearl Harbor Murders 115 copies, 9 reviews
True Crime 114 copies, 1 review
Heat Wave (CSI: Miami) 111 copies, 2 reviews
Flying Blind 111 copies
The London Blitz Murders 109 copies, 5 reviews
The Hindenburg Murders 104 copies, 4 reviews
Quarry's List 103 copies, 5 reviews
Angel in Black 100 copies, 1 review
Majic Man 98 copies, 1 review
Dick Tracy 97 copies
The Million-Dollar Wound 96 copies, 3 reviews
The Consummata (Author) 93 copies, 2 reviews
Killer Profile (Criminal Minds) 93 copies, 2 reviews
The Lusitania Murders 90 copies, 3 reviews
The Wrong Quarry 89 copies, 5 reviews
Damned In Paradise 87 copies, 2 reviews
Carnal Hours 87 copies
The War of the Worlds Murder 86 copies, 3 reviews
Quarry's Deal 84 copies, 3 reviews
Chicago Confidential 84 copies, 3 reviews
CSI: Serial 80 copies, 1 review
Quarry's Cut 80 copies, 5 reviews
Blood and Thunder 79 copies, 2 reviews
A Century of Noir: Thirty-two Classic Crime Stories (Editor; Contributor) 78 copies, 3 reviews
Quarry's Vote 78 copies, 3 reviews
Finishing School 78 copies, 6 reviews
The Big Bang 77 copies, 5 reviews
Bye Bye, Baby 76 copies, 1 review
Dick Tracy: The Secret Files (Editor) 76 copies, 1 review
Quarry's Choice 75 copies, 1 review
The X-Files: I Want To Believe 75 copies, 1 review
Air Force One 75 copies
Road to Purgatory 73 copies, 2 reviews
Neon Mirage 72 copies
The history of mystery 72 copies, 1 review
American Gangster 70 copies, 1 review
CSI: Mortal Wounds 68 copies, 1 review
The Scorpion King 66 copies, 7 reviews
Road to Paradise 65 copies, 7 reviews
Quarry in the Black 65 copies, 3 reviews
Windtalkers 64 copies
Lady, Go Die! 61 copies, 8 reviews
Quarry's Climax 59 copies, 4 reviews
U-571 (Author) 50 copies
Nice Weekend for a Murder 48 copies, 2 reviews
Target Lancer 47 copies, 3 reviews
What Doesn't Kill Her 47 copies, 3 reviews
Killing Quarry 44 copies
Ask Not 41 copies, 4 reviews
Kill Your Darlings 41 copies, 1 review
Girl Most Likely 40 copies, 1 review
CSI: Bad Rap 40 copies, 2 reviews
Return to Perdition 39 copies, 1 review
The Baby Blue Rip-Off 39 copies, 5 reviews
Batman: Scar of the Bat (Author) 38 copies
No Cure for Death 36 copies, 3 reviews
CSI: Demon House 35 copies, 2 reviews
Strip For Murder 34 copies, 1 review
Tough Tender 34 copies
Regeneration 32 copies
Maverick 31 copies
Quarry's Blood 30 copies
Batman: Second Chances (Author) 30 copies, 1 review
A Shroud for Aquarius 29 copies, 1 review
Executive Order 29 copies, 2 reviews
Double Down 28 copies, 1 review
Ms Tree : One Mean Mother 28 copies, 2 reviews
Mommy's day 28 copies, 1 review
Kill Me, Darling 28 copies, 3 reviews
Better Dead 27 copies, 1 review
Skim Deep 26 copies
Kisses of Death 26 copies, 1 review
Vengeance Is Hers (Editor and Introduction) 25 copies
The Dark City 24 copies
Mommy: a novel 23 copies, 1 review
A Long Time Dead: A Mike Hammer Casebook (Introduction) 21 copies, 3 reviews
Quarry's War 20 copies, 1 review
I Love Trouble: Novelization (Author) 19 copies
Flesh & Blood: Erotic Tales of Crime and Passion (Editor & Contributor) 19 copies
Fly Paper 19 copies, 2 reviews
The Big Bundle 18 copies, 3 reviews
Daylight 18 copies
Bait Money 18 copies, 1 review
Spree 18 copies, 1 review
It's in the Book (Author) 17 copies, 2 reviews
The Pink Panther 17 copies, 1 review
Quarry's Greatest Hits 17 copies, 4 reviews
Varga Girls I 17 copies
Varga Girls II 16 copies
Bombshell 16 copies, 2 reviews
Do No Harm 15 copies
Mike Hammer - The Will to Kill 14 copies, 1 review
Butcher's Dozen 14 copies
Caribbean Blues 14 copies, 1 review
Bullet Proof 14 copies
Ms. Tree 13 copies
CSI: NY: Bloody Murder 13 copies, 1 review
Hush Money 13 copies, 2 reviews
Killing Town (Mike Hammer) (Author) 12 copies, 1 review
Johnny Dynamite 12 copies, 1 review
Blood Money 11 copies
Mourn the Living 11 copies, 2 reviews
Hard Cash 11 copies, 1 review
U.S. Marshals 11 copies
Cowgirl Pin-Ups 10 copies
Pin-Up Nudes 9 copies
Scratch Fever 8 copies, 1 review
Mad Money 8 copies
Midnight Haul 7 copies
Skin: A Mike Hammer Story 5 copies, 2 reviews
Comics Prose 5 copies
CSI Omnibus 2 5 copies
I Spy 4 copies
Wolf 2 copies
Mommy [AB] 1 copy
Hunger 1 copy
Mommy [1995 film] (Director) 1 copy
The Further Adventures of Batman (Contributor) 328 copies, 3 reviews
Crimes by Moonlight: Mysteries from the Dark Side (Contributor) 314 copies, 11 reviews
Inherit the Dead (Contributor) 283 copies, 10 reviews
Hellboy: Odd Jobs (Contributor) 256 copies, 3 reviews
The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries (Contributor) 251 copies, 8 reviews
The Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction (Contributor) 232 copies, 4 reviews
Stalkers: 19 Original Tales by the Masters of Terror (Contributor) 210 copies, 6 reviews
Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe (Contributor, some editions) 193 copies, 5 reviews
The Best American Mystery Stories 2011 (Contributor) 186 copies, 2 reviews
The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories (Contributor) 155 copies, 3 reviews
A Century of Great Suspense Stories (Contributor) 148 copies, 2 reviews
Crafty Cat Crimes: 100 Tiny Cat Tale Mysteries (Contributor) 139 copies, 2 reviews
Usagi Yojimbo, Book 13: Grey Shadows (Introduction) 130 copies, 1 review
The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits (Contributor) 112 copies, 3 reviews
The Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics (Contributor) 102 copies, 2 reviews
The Complete Chester Gould's Dick Tracy Dailies & Sundays, Volume 01:… (Introduction, some editions) 94 copies, 2 reviews
Deadly After Dark (Contributor) 87 copies, 1 review
Vampire Detectives (Contributor) 86 copies
Cat Crimes III (Contributor) 84 copies
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Hot Blood X (Contributor) 82 copies, 1 review
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Kiss and Kill (Contributor) 77 copies, 1 review
Dante's Disciples (Contributor) 70 copies, 1 review
The Big Book of Female Detectives (Contributor) 70 copies, 1 review
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Women on the Edge (Contributor) 59 copies
Chicago Blues: A Collection of Crime Stories about the Real Windy City (Contributor, some editions) 52 copies, 1 review
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Mob Magic (Contributor) 38 copies, 2 reviews
Danger in D.C. (Anthology) (Contributor) 38 copies
Celebrity Vampires (Contributor) 36 copies
Murderers' Row (Contributor) 36 copies, 1 review
Death Cruise: Crime Stories on the Open Seas (Contributor) 33 copies, 2 reviews
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Most Wanted (Contributor) 28 copies, 1 review
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Dark Faith: Invocations (Contributor) 22 copies, 4 reviews
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King of the weeds (Author, some editions) 19 copies, 2 reviews
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The Interrogator and Other Criminally Good Fiction (Contributor) 18 copies, 1 review
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Hardboiled Horror (Contributor) 12 copies
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