Patrick Culhane is the pseudonym for New York Times bestselling author
Max Allan Collins, who has been dubbed "Mystery's Renaissance Man." He
is the author of the graphic novel Road to Perdition, adapted into the
Academy Award-winning Tom Hanks film. His innovative Nathan Heller
historical thrillers have won two Best Novel "Shamus" awards, and his
USA TODAY-bestselling CSI novels have sold 1.5 million copies in America
alone. His current novel, RED SKY IN MORNING, based loosely on his
father's experiences in the Pacific during WWII, is in stores now. He is
a screenwriter and independent filmmaker in his native Iowa, where he
lives with his wife.