Mickey Spillane is the legendary crime writer who created Mike Hammer (I, the Jury; Kiss Me Deadly). Before his death at the age of 88 in 2006, Spillane chose long-time friend Max Allan Collins to complete his unfinished works and act as his literary executor.
Max Allan Collins, a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master, is a bestselling author of fiction, nonfiction and graphic novels, including Road to Perdition, adapted into the Tom Hanks film, and Quarry, basis of a Cinemax series. He lives in Iowa and can be found online at www.MaxAllanCollins.com.