Max Allan Collins
1948-
Pseudonyms: Barbara Allan (with Barbara Collins) and Patrick Culhane
 

Max Allan Collins was born in Muscatine, Iowa. He also writes under the pseudonyms 'Barbara Allan' (with his wife Barbara Collins) and 'Patrick Culhane' and he continues the Mike Hammer novels created by Mickey Spillane and writes novels based on the TV series CSI and CSI: Miami. He is the creator of:
1. 'Elliot Ness', the famous federal agent in the time of Al Capone.
2. 'Fancy Anders', an amateur sleuth in 1940s Hollywood.
3. 'John Sand', a former MI6 agent in the 1960s (with Matthew V. Clemens).
4. 'Joseph Reeder', a secret service agent.
5. 'Krista Larson', a police chief in a small Midwest town.
6. 'Mallory', a writer who gets frequently involved with murder.
7. 'Nathan "Nate" Heller', a cop in the Chicago of Al Capone.
8. 'Nolan', a professional thief.
9. 'Quarry', a hired killer.
10. 'Trash 'n' Treasures Mystery' series featuring Brandy Borne, an antiques dealer and amateur sleuth in Serenity, Iowa (with Barbara Collins under the joint pseudonym 'Barbara Allan').
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Titles and year of publication:  

'CSI: Crime Scene Investigations' Novels
 1) Double Dealer  2001
 2) Sin City  2002
 3) Cold Burn  2003
 4) Serial  2003
 5) Body of Evidence  2003
 6) Neon Oasis  2003
 7) Bad Rap  2004
 8) Demon House  2004
 9) Grave Matters  2004
10) Binding Ties  2005
11) Killing Game  2005
12) Snake Eyes  2006
13) Mortal Wounds  2007
'CSI: Miami' Novels
 1) Florida Getaway  2003
 2) Heat Wave  2004
'Elliot Ness' Novels
 1) The Dark City  1987
 2) Butcher's Dozen  1988
 3) Bullet Proof  1989
 4) Murder by the Numbers  1993
'Fancy Anders' Novels
 1) Fancy Anders Goes to War  2021
 2) Fancy Anders for the Boys  2023
'Mike Hammer' Novels (with Mickey Spillane)
 1) The Goliath Bone  2008
 2) The New Adventures of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Vol. 2: The Little Death (audiobook)  2009
 3) The Big Bang  2010
 4) The New Adventures of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Vol. 3: Encore for Murder (audiobook)  2011
 5) Kiss Her Goodbye  2011
 6) Lady, Go Die!  2012
 7) Mickey Spillane's From the Files of...Mike Hammer: The Complete Dailies and Sundays (strips)  2013
 8) Complex 90  2013
 9) King of the Weeds  2014
10) Kill Me, Darling  2015
11) Murder Never Knocks  2016
12) A Long Time Dead: A Mike Hammer Casebook  2016
13) The Will to Kill  2017
14) Killing Town  2018
15) Mike Hammer: The Night I Died (graphic novel)  2018
16) Murder My Love  2019
17) Masquerade for Murder  2020
18) Kill Me If You Can  2022
19) Dig Two Graves  2023
'John Sand' Novels (with Matthew V. Clemens)
 1) Come Spy with Me  2020
 2) Live Fast, Spy Hard  2021
 3) To Live and Spy in Berlin  2021
'Joseph Reeder' Novels
 1) Supreme Justice  2014
 2) Fate of the Union (with Matthew V. Clemens)  2015
 3) Executive Order (with Matthew V. Clemens)  2017
'Krista Larson' Novels
 1) Girl Most Likely  2019
 2) Girl Can't Help It  2020
'Mallory' Novels
 1) The Baby Blue Rip-Off  1983
 2) No Cure for Death  1983
 3) Kill Your Darlings  1984
 4) A Shroud for Aquarius  1985
 5) Nice Weekend for a Murder  1986
'Nathan "Nate" Heller' Novels
 1) True Detective (Shamus Award)  1983
 2) True Crime  1984
 3) The Million-Dollar Wound  1986
 4) Neon Mirage  1988
 5) Stolen Away (Shamus Award)  1991
 6) Dying in the Post-War World (short stories)  1991
 7) Carnal Hours  1994
 8) Blood and Thunder  1995
 9) Damned in Paradise  1996
10) Flying Blind  1998
11) Majic Man  1999
12) Kisses of Death (short stories)  2001
13) Angel in Black  2001
14) Chicago Confidential  2002
15) Bye Bye, Baby  2011
16) Chicago Lightning (short stories)  2011
17) Target Lancer  2012
18) Triple Play (novellas)  2012
19) Ask Not  2013
20) Better Dead  2016
21) Do No Harm  2020
22) The Big Bundle  2022
23) Too Many Bullets  2023
'Nolan' Novels
 1) Bait Money  1981
 2) Blood Money  1981
 3) Fly Paper  1981
 4) Hush Money  1981
 5) Hard Cash  1981
 6) Scratch Fever  1982
 7) Spree  1987
 8) Mourn the Living  1999
 9) Skim Deep  2020
10) Double Down (Contains: Fly Paper and Hush Money)  2021
11) Tough Tender  2022
12) Mad Money (Also contains: Mourn the Living)  2023
'Quarry' Novels
 1) The Broker (Also published as: Quarry [1985])  1976
 2) The Broker's Wife (Also published as: Quarry's List [1985])  1976
 3) The Dealer (Also published as: Quarry's Deal [1986])  1976
 4) The Slasher (Also published as: Quarry's Cut [1986])  1977
 5) Primary Target (Also published as: Quarry's Vote [2010])  1987
 6) Quarry's Greatest Hits (contains 'Primary Target' and three short stories)  2003
 7) The Last Quarry  2006
 8) The First Quarry  2008
 9) Quarry in the Middle  2009
10) Quarry's Ex  2011
11) The Wrong Quarry  2014
12) Quarry's Choice  2015
13) Quarry in the Black  2016
14) Quarry's Climax  2017
15) Quarry's War (graphic novel)  2018
16) Killing Quarry  2019
17) Quarry's Blood  2022
'Trash 'n' Treasures Mystery' Novels (with Barbara Collins as 'Barbara Allan')
 1) Antiques Roadkill  2006
 2) Antiques Maul  2007
 3) Antiques Flee Market  2008
 4) Antiques Bizarre  2010
 5) Antiques Knock-Off  2011
 6) Antiques Disposal  2012
 7) Antiques Chop  2013
 8) Antiques Slay Ride (e-novella)  2013
 9) Antiques Con  2014
10) Antiques Fruitcake (e-novella)  2014
11) Antiques Swap  2015
12) Antiques St. Nicked (e-novella)  2015
13) Antiques Fate  2016
14) Antiques Frame  2017
15) Antiques Wanted  2018
16) Antiques Ho-Ho-Homicide (novellas: Antiques Slay Ride, Antiques Fruitcake and Antiques St. Nicked)  2018
17) Antiques Ravin'  2019
18) Antiques Fire Sale  2020
19) Antiques Carry On  2021
20) Antiques Liquidation  2022
21) Antiques Foe  2023
Other Novels
 1) Midnight Haul  1986
 2) Dick Tracy  1990
 3) Dick Tracy Goes to War  1991
 4) Dick Tracy Meets his Match  1992
 5) Protect and Defend  1992
 6) In the Line of Fire  1993
 7) I Love Trouble  1994
 8) Maverick  1994
 9) NYPD Blue: Blue Beginning  1995
10) Waterworld  1995
11) Daylight  1996
12) Air Force One  1997
13) Mommy  1997
14) NYPD Blue: Blue Blood  1997
15) Mommy's Day  1998
16) Saving Private Ryan  1998
17) U.S. Marshals  1998
18) Road to Perdition  1998
19) The Titanic Murders  1999
20) The Mummy  1999
21) Regeneration (with Barbara Collins)  1999
22) The Hindenburg Murders  2000
23) U-571  2000
24) Murder His and Hers (short stories) (with Barbara Collins)  2001
25) Blue Christmas and other Holiday Homicides (short stories)  2001
26) The Pearl Harbor Murders  2001
27) The Mummy Returns  2001
28) Windtalkers  2001
29) The Lusitania Murders  2002
30) The Scorpion King  2002
31) Where No Man Has Gone  2002
32) I Spy  2002
33) Before the Dawn  2002
34) Johnny Dynamite  2003
35) Skin Game  2003
36) After the Dark  2003
37) Oasis  2003
38) Sanctuary  2003
39) Bombshell (with Barbara Collins)  2004
40) Detour  2004
41) Two for the Money  2004
42) Road to Purgatory  2004
43) The London Blitz Murders  2004
44) The War of the Worlds Murder  2005
45) Road to Paradise  2005
46) Bones: Buried Deep  2006
47) Dead Street (with Mickey Spillane)  2007
48) A Killing in Comics  2007
49) American Gangster  2007
50) Deadly Beloved  2007
51) Criminal Minds: Jump Cut  2007
52) Criminal Minds: Killer Profile  2008
53) Strip for Murder  2008
54) The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor  2008
55) The Goliath Bone  2008
56) Criminal Minds: Finishing School  2008
57) The X Files: I Want To Believe  2008
58) G.I. Joe: Above and Beyond  2009
59) G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra  2009
60) The Big Bang  2010
61) You Can't Stop Me (with Matthew Clemens)  2010
62) No One Will Hear You (with Matthew Clemens)  2011
63) The Consummata (with Mickey Spillane)  2011
64) Kiss Her Goodbye  2011
65) The Consummata  2011
66) Return to Perdition  2011
67) Lady, Go Die!  2012
68) Seduction of the Innocent  2013
69) Complex 90  2013
70) What Doesn't Kill Her  2013
71) Early Crimes (novellas) (Also published as: Shoot the Moon [2021])  2013
72) What Doesn't Kill Her  2013
73) King of the Weeds  2014
74) Kill Me, Darling  2015
75) The Last Stand  2018
76) Ms. Tree: One Mean Mother (graphic novel)  2019
77) Murderlized (short stories) (with Matthew V. Clemens)  2020
78) Ms. Tree: Skeleton in the Closet (graphic novel)  2020
79) The Many Lives of Jimmy Leighton (with Dave Thomas)  2021
80) Suspense - His & Hers: Tales of Love and Murder (with Barbara Collins)  2021
81) Ms. Tree: The Cold Dish (graphic novel)  2021
82) Ms. Tree: Deadline (graphic novel)  2022
83) Ms. Tree: Heroine Withdrawal (graphic novel)  2023
As 'Patrick Culhane'
 1) Black Hats  2007
 2) Red Sky in Morning (Also published as: USS Powderkeg; as by Max Allan Collins [2019])  2008

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