Author and independant film producer
Max Allan Collins has been a Bobby Darin fan since 1958.Collins is the one of publishing industry's leading authors of movie tie-in
novels, including the international bestsellers In the Line of Fire (Jove,
1993), Maverick (Signet, 1994), Waterworld (Boulevard, 1995),
Daylight (Boulevard, 1996), Air Force One (Ballantine, 1997), and
Saving Private Ryan (Signet, 1998). He has written two original NYPD
BLUE novels for Stephen Boccho and Signet Books, Blue Beginning
(1995) and Blue Blood (1997).
Collins has earned an unprecedented seven Private
Eye Writers of America "Shamus" nominations for his "Nathan Heller"
historical thrillers, winning twice (True Detective, 1983, and Stolen
Away, 1991). The new Heller novel, Flying Blind explores the most famous mystery of the
twentieth century, the disappearance of Amelia Earhart. His previous
Heller novel was Damned in Paradise (1996), the story of Clarence
Darrow's last case.(Please see Max's bio on his website for more information about his work.)
As a tribute to his lifetime hero,Max wrote a biography about Bobby Darin in 1983. It appeared in his P.I.
comic-book feature MS. TREE, which was
co-created with his friend, talented artist Terry Beatty in 1986. Below are some images from the bio in the publication.(Max's story was illustrated by Terry..Yet another Darin fan!)
Max also has written about Bobby in a interesting book entitled "Celebrity Vampires"(Daw books, 1995).The short story is called "Traces of Red".(It is a fantastic story...I could NOT put it down, it is GREAT!!)
For information on obtaining Max's great work please write to Max at
bobbydarin.net/bobbydarin.com, All Rights Reserved.
