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				Max Allan Collins is the author of the New York 
Times bestseller Saving Private Ryan. He is 
also the author of the Nathan Heller historical detective 
series, four novels about Eliot Ness and a number of true-
crime novels. A multiple Shamus award-winner, an 
Edgar® nominee, and an award-winning screenwriter, 
Collins wrote the syndicated comic strip "Dick Tracy" from 
1977 through 1993. He lives in Iowa, where he is also an 
accomplished filmmaker.