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'' l.a. mental '' '' toys '' with james patterson twice dying '' '' lone creek '' '' thriller neil mcmahon author photo.jpg neil mcmahon
 neil mcmahon novelist
neil mcmahon

neil mcmahon -lrb- born 1949 -rrb- is the author of ten novels , as well as a collaboration with james patterson -- `` toys '' -- which was a `` new york times '' # 1 bestseller .
he has written two series : the carroll monks books -lrb- `` twice dying '' , `` blood double '' , `` to the bone '' , `` revolution no. 9 '' -rrb- , and the hugh davoren books -lrb- `` lone creek '' , `` dead silver '' -rrb- .
in the late 1980s he wrote three horror novels -lrb- all originally published under the pseudonym `` daniel rhodes '' -rrb- that have been reissued as ebooks .
mcmahon was a stegner fellow at stanford .
his novels have been praised by fellow writers michael connelly , james crumley , annick smith , william kittredge , c.j. box , deirdre mcnamer , andrew schneider and many others .
he lives in missoula , montana , where his wife , kim anderson , coordinates the humanities montana festival of the book .
a complete list of mcmahon 's published novels : `` next , after lucifer '' -- 1987 -- originally published under the pseudonym `` daniel rhodes '' -- reissued as ebook in 2011 `` adversary '' -- 1988 -- originally published under the pseudonym `` daniel rhodes '' -- reissued as ebook in 2011 `` kiss of death '' -- 1990 -- originally published under the pseudonym `` daniel rhodes '' -- reissued as ebook in 2011 with new title , `` cast angels down to hell '' `` twice dying '' -- 2000 -- first of four novels featuring the protagonist carroll monks `` blood double '' -- 2002 `` to the bone '' -- 2003 `` revolution no. 9 '' -- 2005 `` lone creek '' -- 2007 -- first of two novels featuring the protagonist hugh davoren `` dead silver '' -- 2008 `` l.a. mental '' -- 2011 `` toys '' -- 2011 -- collaboration with james patterson
