Max Brooks
Max Brooks was born in Manhattan in 1972. His father is the legendary actor, writer, and comedian, Mel Brooks, and his mother, Anne Bancroft, was a star of screen and stage. Brooks studied history at Pitzer College and went on to do graduate film studies at American University in Washington, DC. Brooks' writing career began in the writers' room of Saturday Night Live, where he worked until 2003, when he published his debut book, The Zombie Survival Guide, which is not so much a novel as it is...
