Max Allan Collins
Max Allan Collins
Author • Translatorb. 1948-03-03 · From United States- Books
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Max Allan Collins (born 1948 in Muscatine, Iowa) is an American mystery writer whose work spans novels, comics, screenplays and historical fiction.
He is the author of the Quarry and Nolan crime series and the Nathan Heller historical detective novels, which have won the Shamus Award, and the creator of the graphic novel Road to Perdition, filmed in 2002, and the comic Ms. Tree.
He wrote the Dick Tracy newspaper strip after Chester Gould, briefly wrote Batman in 1987, and completed several of Mickey Spillane's unfinished Mike Hammer novels after Spillane's death. He was named a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master in 2017.
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Max Allan Collins is widely recognized for his work on the "Quarry" series, which follows a hitman, and for continuing the "Dick Tracy" comic strip. He also wrote the novelization for the film "Road to Perdition," which was based on his own graphic novel.
Several of Max Allan Collins's works have been adapted. His "Quarry" series was adapted into a television series, and his graphic novel "Road to Perdition" was made into a critically acclaimed film.
The "Quarry" series by Max Allan Collins generally follows a chronological order based on publication, starting with "Quarry" (also known as "The Broker"), followed by "Quarry's List," "Quarry's Deal," and "Quarry's Cut." While each book can be read as a standalone, reading them in order provides a fuller character arc.
Max Allan Collins has used the pseudonym Barbara Allan for a series of cozy mysteries co-written with his wife, Barbara Collins. He has also written under the name Patrick Culhane.