About Max Allan Collins
Max Allan Collins has earned an unprecedented ten Private Eye Writers of America Shamus nominations for his historical thrillers, winning twice for his Nathan Heller novels, True Detective and Stolen Away. A Mystery Writers of America Edgar nominee in both fiction and non-fiction categories, Collins has written five suspense novel series, film criticism, short fiction, songwriting, trading-card sets, and movie/TV tie-in novels, including Air Force One, The Mummy Returns, the New York Times bestselling Saving Private Ryan, CSI: Double Dealer (from the CBS series), and The Scorpion King.
He scripted the internationally syndicated comic strip Dick Tracy from 1977 to 1993 and has written the Batman comic book and newspaper strip. His graphic novel, Road to Perdition, has been made into a DreamWorks feature film starring Tom Hanks and Paul Newman, directed by Sam Mendes.
Collins lives in Muscatine, Iowa, with his wife, writer Barbara Collins, and son, Nathan.
He scripted the internationally syndicated comic strip Dick Tracy from 1977 to 1993 and has written the Batman comic book and newspaper strip. His graphic novel, Road to Perdition, has been made into a DreamWorks feature film starring Tom Hanks and Paul Newman, directed by Sam Mendes.
Collins lives in Muscatine, Iowa, with his wife, writer Barbara Collins, and son, Nathan.
Series
Frank Nolan
1. Bait Money (1973)
2. Blood Money (1973)
3. Fly Paper (1981)
4. Hush Money (1981)
5. Hard Cash (1981)
6. Scratch Fever (1982)
7. Spree (1987)
8. Mourn the Living (1988)
1. Bait Money (1973)
2. Blood Money (1973)
3. Fly Paper (1981)
4. Hush Money (1981)
5. Hard Cash (1981)
6. Scratch Fever (1982)
7. Spree (1987)
8. Mourn the Living (1988)
Quarry
1. Quarry (1976)
aka The Broker
2. Quarry's List (1976)
aka The Broker's Wife
3. Quarry's Deal (1976)
aka The Dealer
4. Quarry's Cut (1977)
aka The Slasher
5. Primary Target (1987)
aka Quarry's Vote
6. Quarry's Greatest Hits (2003)
6. The Last Quarry (2006)
7. The First Quarry (2008)
8. Quarry in the Middle (2009)
9. Quarry's Ex (2010)
10. The Wrong Quarry (2014)
1. Quarry (1976)
aka The Broker
2. Quarry's List (1976)
aka The Broker's Wife
3. Quarry's Deal (1976)
aka The Dealer
4. Quarry's Cut (1977)
aka The Slasher
5. Primary Target (1987)
aka Quarry's Vote
6. Quarry's Greatest Hits (2003)
6. The Last Quarry (2006)
7. The First Quarry (2008)
8. Quarry in the Middle (2009)
9. Quarry's Ex (2010)
10. The Wrong Quarry (2014)
Mallory
1. No Cure for Death (1983)
2. The Baby Blue Rip-Off (1982)
3. Kill Your Darlings (1984)
4. A Shroud for Aquarius (1985)
5. Nice Weekend for a Murder (1986)
1. No Cure for Death (1983)
2. The Baby Blue Rip-Off (1982)
3. Kill Your Darlings (1984)
4. A Shroud for Aquarius (1985)
5. Nice Weekend for a Murder (1986)
Nathan Heller
1. True Detective (1983)
2. True Crime (1984)
3. The Million Dollar Wound (1986)
4. Neon Mirage (1988)
5. Dying in the Post-War World (1991)
6. Stolen Away (1991)
7. Carnal Hours (1994)
8. Blood and Thunder (1995)
9. Damned in Paradise (1996)
10. Flying Blind: A Novel about Amelia Earhart (1998)
11. Majic Man (1999)
12. Angel in Black (2001)
13. Kisses of Death (2001)
14. Chicago Confidential (2002)
15. Bye Bye, Baby (2011)
16. Target Lancer (2012)
17. Ask Not (2013)
Chicago Lightning: The Collected Nathan Heller Short Stories (2011)
Triple Play (2012)
1. True Detective (1983)
2. True Crime (1984)
3. The Million Dollar Wound (1986)
4. Neon Mirage (1988)
5. Dying in the Post-War World (1991)
6. Stolen Away (1991)
7. Carnal Hours (1994)
8. Blood and Thunder (1995)
9. Damned in Paradise (1996)
10. Flying Blind: A Novel about Amelia Earhart (1998)
11. Majic Man (1999)
12. Angel in Black (2001)
13. Kisses of Death (2001)
14. Chicago Confidential (2002)
15. Bye Bye, Baby (2011)
16. Target Lancer (2012)
17. Ask Not (2013)
Chicago Lightning: The Collected Nathan Heller Short Stories (2011)
Triple Play (2012)
Eliot Ness
1. The Dark City (1987)
2. Butcher's Dozen (1988)
3. Bullet Proof (1989)
4. Murder by the Numbers (1989)
1. The Dark City (1987)
2. Butcher's Dozen (1988)
3. Bullet Proof (1989)
4. Murder by the Numbers (1989)
Disaster
1. The Titanic Murders (1998)
2. The Hindenburg Murders (2000)
3. The Pearl Harbor Murders (2001)
4. The Lusitania Murders (2002)
5. The London Blitz Murders (2004)
1. The Titanic Murders (1998)
2. The Hindenburg Murders (2000)
3. The Pearl Harbor Murders (2001)
4. The Lusitania Murders (2002)
5. The London Blitz Murders (2004)
Road to Perdition
1. Road to Perdition (1998)
2. Road to Purgatory (2004)
3. Road to Paradise (2005)
Return to Perdition (2011)
1. Road to Perdition (1998)
2. Road to Purgatory (2004)
3. Road to Paradise (2005)
Return to Perdition (2011)
Mike Hammer (with Mickey Spillane)
14. The Goliath Bone (2008)
15. Kiss Her Goodbye (2009)
16. The Big Bang (2010)
17. Lady, Go Die! (2012)
18. Complex 90 (2013)
Skin (2012)
14. The Goliath Bone (2008)
15. Kiss Her Goodbye (2009)
16. The Big Bang (2010)
17. Lady, Go Die! (2012)
18. Complex 90 (2013)
Skin (2012)
Novels
Midnight Haul (1986)
Dick Tracy and the Nightmare Machine (1991)
Dick Tracy Goes to War (1991)
Dick Tracy Meets His Match (1992)
Tough Tender (1993)
In the Line of Fire (1993)
Maverick (1994) (with Dewey Gram)
Waterworld (1995)
NYPD Blue: Blue Beginning (1995)
Gil Elvgren: The Wartime Pin-Ups (1996)
Daylight (1996)
Air Force 1 (1997)
Mommy (1997)
Earl MacPherson: The Sketchbook Pin-Ups (1997)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
U.S. Marshals (1998)
Mommy's Day: Mommy 2 (1998)
Elvgren: His Life and Art (1998)
Regeneration (1999) (with Barbara Collins)
U-571 (2000)
History of Mystery: Art Fiction (2001)
Windtalkers (2001)
The Scorpion King (2002)
I Spy (2002)
Johnny Dynamite (2003)
Bombshell (2004) (with Barbara Collins)
Two for the Money (2004)
The War of the Worlds Murder (2005)
American Gangster (2007)
Deadly Beloved (2007)
The Pink Panther (2009)
The Consummata (2011) (with Mickey Spillane)
Flower for the Butcher (2012)
Seduction of the Innocent (2013)
What Doesn't Kill You (2013)
Dick Tracy and the Nightmare Machine (1991)
Dick Tracy Goes to War (1991)
Dick Tracy Meets His Match (1992)
Tough Tender (1993)
In the Line of Fire (1993)
Maverick (1994) (with Dewey Gram)
Waterworld (1995)
NYPD Blue: Blue Beginning (1995)
Gil Elvgren: The Wartime Pin-Ups (1996)
Daylight (1996)
Air Force 1 (1997)
Mommy (1997)
Earl MacPherson: The Sketchbook Pin-Ups (1997)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
U.S. Marshals (1998)
Mommy's Day: Mommy 2 (1998)
Elvgren: His Life and Art (1998)
Regeneration (1999) (with Barbara Collins)
U-571 (2000)
History of Mystery: Art Fiction (2001)
Windtalkers (2001)
The Scorpion King (2002)
I Spy (2002)
Johnny Dynamite (2003)
Bombshell (2004) (with Barbara Collins)
Two for the Money (2004)
The War of the Worlds Murder (2005)
American Gangster (2007)
Deadly Beloved (2007)
The Pink Panther (2009)
The Consummata (2011) (with Mickey Spillane)
Flower for the Butcher (2012)
Seduction of the Innocent (2013)
What Doesn't Kill You (2013)
Collections
By Hook or By Crook : And 27 More of the Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year (2010) (with Dana Cameron, Mary Higgins Clark, Dennis Lehane, Laura Lippman, Marcia Muller, Kris Nelscott, Nancy Pickard, S J Rozan and Luis Alberto Urrea)
Die, Lover, Die! (2011) (with Bill Crider, Lee Goldberg, Joel Goldman, Ed Gorman, Vicki Hendricks, Naomi Hirahara, Paul Levine, Harry Shannon and Dave Zeltserman)
Die, Lover, Die! (2011) (with Bill Crider, Lee Goldberg, Joel Goldman, Ed Gorman, Vicki Hendricks, Naomi Hirahara, Paul Levine, Harry Shannon and Dave Zeltserman)
Graphic Novels
Series contributed to
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
1. Double Dealer (2001)
2. Sin City (2002)
3. Cold Burn (2003)
4. Body of Evidence (2003)
5. Grave Matters (2004)
6. Binding Ties (2005)
7. Killing Game (2005)
8. Snake Eyes (2006)
Serial (2003)
Bad Rap (2004)
Demon House (2004)
Mortal Wounds (2007)
CSI Omnibus Volume 1 (omnibus) (2009) (with Steven Grant, Stephen Mooney, Kris Oprisko, Steven Perkins, Gabriel Rodriguez and Ashley Wood)
1. Double Dealer (2001)
2. Sin City (2002)
3. Cold Burn (2003)
4. Body of Evidence (2003)
5. Grave Matters (2004)
6. Binding Ties (2005)
7. Killing Game (2005)
8. Snake Eyes (2006)
Serial (2003)
Bad Rap (2004)
Demon House (2004)
Mortal Wounds (2007)
CSI Omnibus Volume 1 (omnibus) (2009) (with Steven Grant, Stephen Mooney, Kris Oprisko, Steven Perkins, Gabriel Rodriguez and Ashley Wood)
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
The Night Stalker Chronicles (2005) (with Elaine Bergstrom, Peter David, Mark Dawidziak, P N Elrod, Ed Gorman, C J Henderson, Stuart M Kaminsky, Brett Matthews and Robert E Weinberg)
Kolchak the Night Stalker : Compendium (omnibus) (2011) (with Christopher Golden and Stuart M Kaminsky)
The Night Stalker Chronicles (2005) (with Elaine Bergstrom, Peter David, Mark Dawidziak, P N Elrod, Ed Gorman, C J Henderson, Stuart M Kaminsky, Brett Matthews and Robert E Weinberg)
Kolchak the Night Stalker : Compendium (omnibus) (2011) (with Christopher Golden and Stuart M Kaminsky)
Anthologies edited
Dick Tracy: The Secret Files (1990) (with Martin H Greenberg)
Murder is my Business (1994) (with Mickey Spillane)
Vengeance is Hers (1997) (with Mickey Spillane)
Private Eyes (1998) (with Mickey Spillane)
Flesh and Blood: Erotic Tales of Crime and Passion (2001) (with Jeff Gelb)
Flesh and Blood: Dark Desires (2001) (with Jeff Gelb)
A Century of Noir: Thirty-Two Classic Crime Stories (2002) (with Mickey Spillane)
Flesh and Blood: Guilty As Sin: Erotic Tales of Crime and Passion (2003) (with Jeff Gelb)
My Lolita Complex: And other Tales of Sex and Violence (2006) (with Matthew Clemens)
Murder is my Business (1994) (with Mickey Spillane)
Vengeance is Hers (1997) (with Mickey Spillane)
Private Eyes (1998) (with Mickey Spillane)
Flesh and Blood: Erotic Tales of Crime and Passion (2001) (with Jeff Gelb)
Flesh and Blood: Dark Desires (2001) (with Jeff Gelb)
A Century of Noir: Thirty-Two Classic Crime Stories (2002) (with Mickey Spillane)
Flesh and Blood: Guilty As Sin: Erotic Tales of Crime and Passion (2003) (with Jeff Gelb)
My Lolita Complex: And other Tales of Sex and Violence (2006) (with Matthew Clemens)
Non fiction series
Artist Archives
Elvgren Girls I (1999)
Elvgren Girls II (1999)
Swimsuit Sweeties (1999)
Varga Girls II (1999)
Elvgren Girls I (1999)
Elvgren Girls II (1999)
Swimsuit Sweeties (1999)
Varga Girls II (1999)
Non fiction
The Mystery Scene Movie Guide: A Personal Filmography of Modern Crime Pictures (Brownstrone Mystery Guides, Vol 16) (1984)
Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Mickey Spillane on Screen: A Complete Study of the Television and Film Adaptations (2012) (with James L Traylor)
Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Mickey Spillane on Screen: A Complete Study of the Television and Film Adaptations (2012) (with James L Traylor)
Anthologies containing stories by Max Allan Collins
Frankenstein: The Monster Wakes (1993)
Shock Rock II (1994)
Blue Motel: Narrow Houses Vol 3 (1994)
Fear Itself (1995)
Vampire Detectives (1995)
Tales of the Batman (1995)
Werewolves (1995)
Celebrity Vampires (1995)
Dante's Disciples (1996)
White House Horrors (1996)
Adventures of the Batman (1997)
Shock Rock II (1994)
Blue Motel: Narrow Houses Vol 3 (1994)
Fear Itself (1995)
Vampire Detectives (1995)
Tales of the Batman (1995)
Werewolves (1995)
Celebrity Vampires (1995)
Dante's Disciples (1996)
White House Horrors (1996)
Adventures of the Batman (1997)
Short stories
| The Sound of One Hand Clapping (1989) | |||
| Robber's Roost (1992) | |||
| A Good Head on His Shoulders (1993) | |||
| Quarry's Luck (1994) | |||
| Reincarnal (1994) | |||
| Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die (1994) | |||
| Mommy [short story] (1995) | |||
| The Night of Their Lives (1995) | |||
| Traces of Red (1995) | |||
| Wolf (1995) | |||
| The Cabinet of William Henry Harrison (1996) (with Barbara Collins) | |||
| A Wreath for Marley (1996) | |||
| Interstate 666 (1997) |
Awards
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Links to other websites
| maxallancollins.com |
Max Allan Collins recommends
 The Boys Are Back in Town (2004) Christopher Golden "Christopher Golden collides the ordinary and the supernatural with wonderfully unsettling results. THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN is a wicked little thriller. Rod Serling would have loved it." |  The Long Man (2010) (Max August Magikal Thrillers ) Steve Englehart "[An] exciting tale of mystery, magic and suspense." |
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