Patrick Culhane

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.