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Max Brooks Biography & Facts
Maximillian Michael Brooks (born May 22, 1972) is an American author. He is the son of comedian Mel Brooks and actress Anne Bancroft. Much of Brooks's writing focuses on zombie stories. He was a senior fellow at the Modern War Institute at West Point, New York. Early life Brooks was born on May 22, 1972, in Manhattan, New York City. He is the son of actress Anne Bancroft and actor, director, producer, and writer Mel Brooks. His father is Jewish, while his mother was an Italian-American Catholic. Brooks is dyslexic and recalled that during the time in which he was growing up: ...they didn't even call it a disability back then; it was just "laziness," "goofing off," "you're not trying hard enough." "You can do it but you don't want to do it" — that was a big one of my teachers. And my mother, one of the greatest, most successful actresses of her day, gave up her career, put her career on the shelf, to raise me, to be my educational advocate and to teach herself about dyslexia. ... She took, every year, all of my school books that I had to read to the Institute for the Blind and had them all read onto audio cassette so I could listen to my reading list. And if I hadn't been able to do that, I wouldn't have graduated high school. I can literally say that not only did my mother give me my life, she saved my life. Brooks attended Crossroads School in Santa Monica, California. He studied at Pitzer College in Claremont, California, where he earned a bachelor's degree in history. He also attended graduate school, studying film at American University in Washington, D.C. Career Writing From 2001 to 2003, Brooks was a member of the writing team at Saturday Night Live. In 2003, Brooks wrote his first book, The Zombie Survival Guide, a satirical survival manual about zombies. In 2006, Brooks wrote the follow-up World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War, a novel on the same subject, set in the ten years following a zombie apocalypse. Paramount Pictures acquired the rights for a film adaptation, and Brad Pitt's production company, Plan B Entertainment, produced the film. In the October 2006 issue of Fangoria Magazine, Brooks stated that he would not be writing the screenplay for the motion picture, as he felt he was not an accomplished enough screenwriter to "do it right". J. Michael Straczynski wrote the first version of the screenplay. Brooks wrote the introduction for the hardcover collected edition of Dynamite Entertainment's zombie miniseries Raise the Dead, released in 2007. In 2010, Brooks wrote the IDW comic book mini-series G.I. Joe: Hearts & Minds. In 2012, he published Closure, Limited and Other Zombie Tales, featuring the story of that name from The New Dead, along with three other short stories set in the World War Z universe. In 2014, Broadway Books published The Harlem Hellfighters, a graphic novel which portrays a fictionalized account of the African American 369th Infantry Regiment's experiences in World War I, written by Brooks and illustrated by Caanan White. Sony Pictures has purchased the rights to create a film of the novel, with Caleeb Pinkett and James Lassiter producing on behalf of Overbrook Entertainment. He wrote the story for the 2016 film The Great Wall, starring Matt Damon. In 2016, Brooks was invited to MineCon and announced that he was working on a new novel based on Minecraft, titled Minecraft: The Island, and in 2021, he published the sequel, Minecraft: The Mountain. In August 2019, Brooks announced a new book, entitled Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre, about the cryptid Bigfoot. It was released on June 16, 2020. Acting and voice-over work Brooks has a number of other creative credits. As an actor, he has been seen in Roseanne, To Be or Not to Be, Pacific Blue, and 7th Heaven. He also has a career voicing animation: his voice has been featured in the animated shows Batman Beyond, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, Justice League, and All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series. During the start of the 3rd season of Lost Tapes, he was cast as himself in the zombie episode, telling the audience about how zombies come to be. He also appeared on Spike TV series Deadliest Warrior, in which he represented the zombie team in the "Vampires vs. Zombies" episode, as one of the Zombie experts along with Matt Mogk, founder of the Zombie Research Society. Personal life Brooks has been married to playwright Michelle Kholos since 2003. They have one son and live in Venice, California. In October 2020, Brooks and his son appeared in a short video featuring Mel Brooks making his first political video at age 94 to endorse Joe Biden for president. Filmography Bibliography Prose The Zombie Survival Guide (2003) World War Z (2006) Closure, Limited and Other Zombie Tales (2011) Minecraft: The Island (2018) Devolution (2020) Minecraft: The Mountain (March 2, 2021) Minecraft: The Village (October 17, 2023) Comics The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks (2009) G.I. Joe: Hearts and Minds (2010) The Harlem Hellfighters (2014) The Extinction Parade (2014) A More Perfect Union (2016) Germ Warfare: A Very Graphic History (2019) References External links Official website Max Brooks at IMDb Max Brooks at the Grand Comics Database Max Brooks at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database Max Brooks Breaks Down's channel on YouTube. Discover the Max Brooks popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Max Brooks books.
Best Seller Max Brooks Books of 2024
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Devolution
Max BrooksNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The #1 New York Times bestselling author of World War Z is back with “the Bigfoot thriller you didn’t know you needed in your life, and one of the greate...
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Monsters in the Mist
Mark ChevertonGameknight999 is hot on the trail of Entity303, who has kidnapped Weaver. He follows the mysterious villain into the strange mod world of Mystcraft, with green skies, trees with bl...
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Sleep Over
H. G. BellsFor fans of the oral history genre phenomenon World War Z, an inventive new spin on the apocalypse featuring a worldwide plague of insomnia. Remember what it’s like to go an entire...
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Villains Crashed My Party
Cara J. Stevens & Walker MelbyThe second book in the newest fullcolor series of unofficial graphic novels for Minecrafters!Enrollment at Redstone Junior High is at an alltime low since word got around that host...
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The Unofficial Holy Bible for Minecrafters
Christopher Miko, Garrett Romines, Terry A. Smith & Wanda M. LundyAn Exploration of the Old and New Testament for Young Readers Unlike Any You’ve Ever Seen Before!Since 2009, Minecraft has swept the gaming world by storm. More than one hundred mi...
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Attack of the Ender Dragon
Winter MorganAll Lily, Simon, and Michael have wanted since they were sucked into their Minecraft games is to return to the real world. They’ve battled armies of griefers and terrifying monster...
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The Wither Invasion
Mark ChevertonIn the concluding third book of a new Minecraft adventure series from New York Times bestselling author Mark Cheverton, Watcher fights the wither king’s army to save Minecraft itse...
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La marcha zombi
Max BrooksMax Brooks vuelve a sorprendernos con cuatro visiones del universo zombi: cuatro relatos terroríficos sobre el colapso de la civilización.En «El desfile hacia la extinción», vemos ...
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The Jungle Temple Oracle
Mark ChevertonAn ancient jungle temple holds the secrets to stopping the evil Herobrine!Gameknight999’s true enemy has finally surfaced: Herobrine, an artificially intelligent virus that wants t...
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Revenge of the Zombie Monks
Cara J. StevensOne in a series of unofficial graphic novels for Minecraft The sequel to Megan Miller’s Quest for the Golden Apple Follows Phoenix and her new friends as they fight to save Xenos ...
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Highway to Hell
Max BrallierThe sequel to the “pickyourownpath” adventure Can You Survive the Zombie Apocalypse?the Jacksonville FloridaTimes Union hailed, “may just be the best thing to happen to literary zo...
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Flypaper
Chris AngusEbola, Coronavirus, and SARS, have frightened the world. How would we fight a deadly disease that comes from beyond planet Earth? When a 2,000yearold mummy is unearthed in central...
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The Great Zombie Invasion
Mark ChevertonNew York Times bestselling author. Attention Minecraft players, take an adventure right into the game you love!Can Gameknight999 survive a Minecraft journey one hundred years into ...
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When Endermen Attack
Cara J. StevensWinter has come to Redstone Junior High once again, and with it comes holiday celebrations, snowball combat practice, and loads of outdoor fun. But even though the threat of Smite ...
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Curse of the Sand Witches
Cara J. StevensWhen word gets out that Redstone Junior High is a hot spot for hostile mobs, enrollment goes up and chaos is the new normal. To get away from all the stress, Pixel, Sky, Uma, and V...
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Minecraft. Das Dorf
Max Brooks & Maxi LangeMitten ins Unbekannte zu reisen, kann ganz schön Angst machen. Aber zusammen schaffen Guy und Summer alles. Auf der Suche nach einem neuen Zuhause durchstreifen die beiden die merk...
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The Phantom Virus
Mark ChevertonNew York Times Bestselling author! Boys and girls, what is more fun than playing Minecraft? Taking an adventure with Gameknight999 into the world you love!Herobrine, the artificial...
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Lillian W. Thomas v. Max Brook
Supreme Court of AlabamaCOLEMAN, Justice. This is an appeal by plaintiff from a judgment for defendant rendered by the court without a jury in an action at law. The first assignment of error recites:
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How to Slay a Dragon
Cait StevensonGrab your magical sword and take the place of your favorite fantasy character with this fun and historically accurate howto guide to solving epic quests.What should you ask a magic...
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Last One at the Party
Bethany CliftFleabag meets I Am Legend in this extraordinary novel of one woman's survival in the face of the end of the world . . . December 2023. The human race has fought a deadly virus and ...
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The Harlem Hellfighters
Max Brooks & Caanan WhiteFrom bestselling author Max Brooks, the riveting story of the highly decorated, barrierbreaking, historic black regimentthe Harlem HellfightersIn 1919, the 369th infantry regiment ...
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Invasion of the Overworld
Mark ChevertonA New York Times Best Seller!The world of Minecraft comes to life in this thrilling adventure for boys and girls!Gameknight999 loved Minecraft, but above all else, he loved to grie...
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The Clash of the Withers
Winter MorganFarmer Brett and his apprentice Joe are happy to build a new farm for their town of Meadow Mews. But during construction the pair falls down a hole and land in an unknown place and...
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Battle for the Nether
Mark ChevertonThe actionpacked Minecraft followup to Invasion of the Overworld!Gameknight999, a reallife Minecraft user trapped inside the game he loves to play, and his friend Crafter have tran...
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Hidden in the Chest
Winter MorganSteve has joined the staff of Minecrafters Academy as a guest teacherbut luck and then disaster strike in his first farming class, when he digs a hole that unexpectedly reveals a h...
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The Armies of Herobrine
Danica DavidsonThe portal between Minecraft and the real world may have been restored, but Herobrine is still at largeand Stevie knows that a confrontation is inevitable. While Stevie, Alex, and ...
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Attack of the Shadow-Crafters
Mark ChevertonNew York Times Bestselling author! What is as much fun for boys and girls as playing Minecraft? Going on a thrilling adventure into the game they love.Trapped one hundred years in ...
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The Big Book of Graphic Novels for Minecrafters
Megan Miller & Cara J. StevensPhoenix, a young miner girl, has never known her parents. She has always dreamed of something greater, of seeing the world outside her village and the magical forest that lies just...
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World War Z
Max Brooks#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Prepare to be entranced by this addictively readable oral history of the great war between humans and zombies.”Entertainment Weekly We...
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The Burning World
Isaac MarionLibrary Journal’s MustHave Spring Books, Editors’ Picks 2017 “A thrilling coasttocoast journey.” The Seattle Times “A richly imagined philosophical exploration.” Bellingham Herald ...
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Encounters in End City
Winter MorganIt’s graduation week at Minecrafters Academy, but a battle is brewing between the top five students at the school. With the school’s top five students wrapped up in an endless pran...
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Dragons Never Die
Cara J. StevensThe third book in the newest fullcolor series of unofficial graphic novels for Minecrafters.When Uma shows up at Pixel’s house over summer break, it’s not just for a friendly visit...
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Possible Minds
John BrockmanScience world luminary John Brockman assembles twentyfive of the most important scientific minds, people who have been thinking about the field artificial intelligence for most of ...
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Confronting the Dragon
Mark ChevertonAn evil army threatens to destroy all of Minecraft in the third Gameknight999 adventure!The ghast king Malacoda and the terrible enderman Erebus have led their monster army to the ...
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Lilith - Hollywood Monsters
Dana Fredsti"We've got intrigue, murder, and ghosts. Egos, images, revenge. It's Hollywood... in brilliant Dana Fredsti's hands" Josh Mallerman.Working in Hollywood is a living Hell. Quirky, f...
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Gameknight999 vs. Herobrine
Mark ChevertonNew York Times Bestselling author. What is more fun than playing Minecraft? Taking an adventure right into the game itself with bestselling author Mark Cheverton.What will Gameknig...
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Overworld in Flames
Mark ChevertonMysterious fires are burning the Overworld to the ground!The NPCs of Minecraft barely had time to celebrate their victory over the spider queen and the king of the skeletons before...
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Mission to the Moon
Mark ChevertonThis adventure series is created especially for readers who love the fight of good vs. evil, magical academies like Hogwarts in the Harry Potter saga, and games like Minecraft, Ter...
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When Pigmen Fly
Cara J. Stevens & Mitchell CreedenBefore they can graduate, they must face their greatest challenge! It’s the last semester at Redstone Junior High and Pixel, Sky, and Uma are about to enter into their most excitin...
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Warm Bodies
Isaac MarionNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE“Gruesome yet poetic…highly original.” The Seattle Times “Dark and funny.” Wired “A mesmerizing evolution of a classic contempo...
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The Rise of Herobrine
Danica DavidsonStevie has been having repeated nightmares about the mysterious figure known as “Herobrine.” Some say Herobrine is an old ghost story. Some say he’s a virus. But no one believes he...
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The New Hunger
Isaac MarionThe mustread prequel to the “strange and unexpected” (Audrey Niffenegger) and “highly original” (Seattle Times) zombie love story Warm Bodiesthe New York Times bestseller and inspi...
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Where the Dead Wait
Ally Wilkes“Haunting...Ominous.” The New York Times Book Review A “wonderfully chilling” (Christopher Golden, New York Times bestselling author) polar gothic about a Victorian explorer in sea...
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The Ultimate Unofficial Encyclopedia for Minecrafters
Megan MillerBy the New York Times bestselling author of Hacks for Minecrafters!How many books can pull you away from the same old YouTube videos and get you excited about reading? You’ll be su...