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He has also written two novel sequels to ''Road to Perdition'', ''Road to Purgatory'' and ''Road to Paradise''. In addition to these, he also wrote three more graphic novels starring the characters from ''Road to Perdition''. These graphic novels, called collectively ''On the Road to Perdition'', take place during the course of ''Road to Peredition''. His other works include his Mallory series about a mystery writer in Iowa that solves crimes. There are five books in this series, the best of which might be ''A Nice Weekend for a Murder''. He also wrote a series of novels about real life Untouchable Eliot Ness ' career as Director of Public Safety in Cleveland. The best of these might be ''Butcher's Dozen'', a fictionalized account of the investigation of the Cleveland Torso Murderer . His longest running series and arguably his best known work is his Nathan Heller series. Heller is a Chicago private investigator who gets involved in famous crimes and meets famous people of the 1930s and 1940s, including Orson Welles , Frank Nitti , and Sally Rand . The first novel is this Historical Fiction series, ''True Detective'', won the 1984 Shamus Award for Best P.I. Hardcover from the Private Eye Writers Of America . Collins won his second Shamus in 1992 for the Heller novel ''Stolen Away'', an account of the Lindbergh Kidnapping . The most recent book in this series, ''Chicago Confidential'', moved the action of the series into the 1950s. In addition to his work as a writer, Collins has directed three movies: ''Mommy'', ''Mommy 2: Mommy's Day'', and ''Real Time: Siege at Lucas Street Market''. All three were produced independently on location in Collins's hometown of Muscatine, Iowa and are available on DVD from Troma Team Video. Collins has written and performed music with his rock band, Crusin'. There is a nice article about Max Allan Collins at the Thrilling Detective website. Also you can look at his F.O.M.A.C. official website. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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