You Can’t Stop Me (25 page)

M
AX
A
LLAN
C
OLLINS
, a frequent Mystery Writers of America “Edgar” nominee in both fiction and non-fiction categories, has been hailed as “the Renaissance man of mystery fiction.” He has earned an unprecedented fifteen Private Eye Writers of America “Shamus” nominations, winning twice for his Nathan Heller novels,
True Detective
(1983) and
Stolen Away
(1991), and receiving the PWA’s Lifetime Achievement Award, “the Eye,” in 2006. His other credits include film criticism, short fiction, songwriting, trading-card sets, and movie/TV tie-in novels, including the
New York Times
best-sellers
Saving Private Ryan
and
American Gangster
, winner of the International Association of Tie-In Writers “Scribe” award.

His graphic novel
Road to Perdition
was the basis of the Academy Award–winning feature film starring Tom Hanks and Paul Newman, directed by Sam Mendes. A nominee for both the Eisner and Harvey awards (the “Oscars” of the comics world), Max has many comics credits, including “Dick Tracy” “Batman” “Johnny Dynamite” and his own “Ms. Tree.”

An acclaimed and award-winning independent filmmaker in the Midwest, he has written and directed the Lifetime movie
Mommy
(1996) and three other features, including
Eliot Ness: An Untouchable Life
(2005). His produced screenplays include the 1995 HBO World Premiere
The Expert
and
The Last Lullaby
(2008) from his novel
The Last Quarry
. He lives in Muscatine, Iowa, with his wife Barbara, a writer with whom he collaborates as “Barbara Allan” on the award-winning “Trash ‘n’ Treasures” cozy mystery series.

M
ATTHEW
C
LEMENS
has authored or co-authored numerous short stories in such anthologies as
Private Eyes
,
Murder Most Confederate
, the
Hot Blood
series, the
Flesh & Blood
series, and
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
. With Pat Gipple, he co-authored
Dead Water: The Klindt Affair
, a regionally best-selling true crime book, and has written for such magazines as
Fangoria
,
Femme Fatales
, and
TV Guide
. He has worked as a book doctor on over fifty novels, and assisted the late Karl Largent on several best-selling techno-thrillers.

Clemens is also co-plotter and researcher for Max Allan Collins on books based on the television series
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
,
CSI: Miami
,
Dark Angel
,
Bones
, and
Criminal Minds
. Collins and Clemens have also written graphic novels, computer games, and jigsaw puzzles based on the successful
CSI
franchise. Many of their collaborative short stories were gathered in
My Lolita Complex and Other Tales of Sex and Violence
(2006). Clemens lives in Davenport, Iowa, with his wife Pam, a teacher.

Don’t miss the next page-turning thriller by

MAX ALLAN COLLINS

and

MATTHEW CLEMENS…

Coming from Pinnacle in 2011!