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max . allan collins in 2002 , at comic-con international nathan barbara allan , patrick culhane muscatine , iowa american 3 march 1948 barbara collins mystery , comic books , comic strips , short stories , in and historical fiction . the following media : novels , screenplays max allan collins in 2002.jpg max allan collins

max allan collins

max allan collins -lrb- born march 3 , 1948 -rrb- is an american mystery writer .
he has written novels , screenplays , comic books , comic strips , trading cards , short stories , movie novelizations and historical fiction .
he wrote the graphic novel `` road to perdition '' -lrb- which was developed into a film in 2002 -rrb- , created the comic book private eye `` ms. tree '' , and took over writing the `` dick tracy '' comic strip from creator chester gould and one of the `` batman '' comic books for a time .
he wrote books to expand on the `` dark angel '' tv series .
he has also written books and comics based on the tv series franchise `` csi '' .
in 2006 he wrote `` buried deep '' -lrb- also released as `` bones buried deep '' -rrb- , based on the tv series `` bones '' .
he has also written two sequel novels to `` road to perdition '' : `` road to purgatory '' and `` road to paradise '' .
he also wrote three more graphic novels starring the characters from `` road to perdition '' .
these graphic novels , called collectively `` on the road to perdition '' , form the basis of the film .
he also co-founded the international association of media tie-in writers with lee goldberg .
the iamtw is an organization for writers of tie-ins and novelizations .
collins studied in the iowa writers ' workshop at the university of iowa .
collins is a fan of the mystery writer mickey spillane from childhood and later became friends with him .
the two collaborated on a comic book series in the 1990s called `` mike danger '' .
upon spillane 's death in 2006 , collins was entrusted to finish several uncompleted works by spillane including `` dead street '' , `` the goliath bone '' , and `` the big bang '' .
several other uncompleted works may be finished by collins and published in the future .
