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Max Brooks

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Max Brooks is The New York Times bestselling author of The Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z. He has been called ”the Studs Terkel of zombie journalism.“

Brooks is the son of director Mel Brooks and the late actress Anne Bancroft. He is a 1994 graduate of Pitzer College. His wife, Michelle, is a screenwriter, and the couple have a son, Henry.


Several years ago, I wrote a short story called The Extinction Parade. It’s the story of a zombie plague told through the eyes of vampires. The experience left me wanting to go deeper into the details of a vampire/zombie conflict. I wanted to explore the notion of what happens when a super race (vampires) is confronted with a threat it has never anticipated. I wanted to explore the dangers of p...

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Average rating: 4.01 · 164,229 ratings · 13,430 reviews · 17 distinct works · Similar authors
World War Z: An Oral Histor...
4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 111,069 ratings — published 2006 — 59 editions
The Zombie Survival Guide: ...
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 45,965 ratings — published 2003 — 26 editions
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3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 3,201 ratings — published 2009 — 11 editions
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Closure, Limited
3.29 of 5 stars 3.29 avg rating — 213 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions
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The Zombie Survival Guide J...
4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2011
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3.49 of 5 stars 3.49 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2011
The Extinction Parade
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions
Steve and Fred
4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
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“Lies are neither bad nor good. Like a fire they can either keep you warm or burn you to death, depending on how they're used.”
Max Brooks, World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

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Max Brooks, The Zombie Survival Guide

“Often, a school is your best bet-perhaps not for education but certainly for protection from an undead attack.”
Max Brooks, The Zombie Survival Guide

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