Max Allan Collins is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of Road to Perdition, the graphic novel that inspired the Oscar-winning movie starring Paul Newman and Tom Hanks, and the Shamus Award–winning Nathan Heller series of historical hard-boiled mysteries. In 2016, he was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. With his wife, Barbara, he writes the acclaimed Trash & Treasures mysteries under the byline Barbara Allan. Also a filmmaker, Collins created the documentary Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane. He lives in Iowa. Visit him at maxallancollins.com.