
Max Brooks (born Maximillian Brooks on May 22, 1972 in New York City) is an author and screenwriter. He is the son of director Mel Brooks and actress Anne Bancroft. He is a 1994 graduate of Pitzer College. His wife, Michelle, is a screenwriter, and the couple have a son, Henry. From 2001 to 2003, Brooks was a member of the writing team at Saturday Night Live. Brooks is also the author of The Zombie Survival Guide, published in 2003 (ISBN 1-4000-4962-8).
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The Zombie War Came Unthinkably Close
It Goes By Many Names
Part One~ Warnings
Tel Aviv, Israel.
There Were Seven Of Them All On Cots
Gu And I Had Been Trying To Remove Shrapnel
One Of My "Orderlies," The One Responsible For His Arms,
"Stay Where You Are," He Said,
Not Long Afterward, At The Reception
Lhasa, The People's Republic Of Tibet.
Were They Dangerous?
Bethlehem, Palestine
The Majority Of My Information Came From The World Health Organization.
My Father Wasn't Quite Convinced
More Grabbing And Shoving, Shouting And Slapping.
Part Two~ Blame.
Suddenly A Door At The Back Of The Starbucks Swung Open,
And We Were That Bad.
What I Didn't Expect Was The Physical Examinations.
In Totalitarian Regimes - Communism, Fascism, Religious Fundamentalism-
Bridgetown, Barbados, West Indies Federation
Vaalajarvi, Finland.
Part Three~ The Great Panic.
Dozens Of Little Boats Were Going Back And Forth,
There Was The Political Comedy Guy,
Our Radios Were Squawking~
Denver Colorado, USA.
Ice City, Greenland.
You Had Tanks?
The Trickle Was Now Turning Into A Stream.
Sand Lakes Provincial Wilderness Park, Manitoba, Canada.
But What Could We Do?
No One Thought About It.
And That's When The Line Collapsed.
Land Warrior, High-Tech, High Priced,
Part Four~ Turning The Tide.
First Of All, There Was No Way To Save Everyone.
This Is Where Redeker Stepped In.
He Had Been Sitting Against The Back Wall.
Armagh, Ireland.
On Our Way Out Of The City
I Met One Gentleman On A Coastal Ferry,
I Suddenly Found Myself Speaking To General Lang,
Tender, Juicy Steaks-
Solving This Problem--No, Challenge,
I Wasn't Left Alone With Neighbors Anymore,
She Shows Me Something In The Ice;
Part Five~ Home Front USA
The President Was Cool,
Mom Really Laid Into Dad,
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