Author Max Brooks
Date: 4/25/2012
Time: 7:30 p.m. Location: Belle Mehus Auditorium
Comedy writer Max Brooks, author of "The Zombie Survival Guide" and "World War Z," entertains in an evening of ghoulish delight with "10 Lessons to Survive a Zombie Attack," Belle Mehus City Auditorium, in conjunction with BSC Visiting Writers Series. Free admission.
Writer Max Brooks, son of Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft, is completely dedicated to raising awareness on the issue of Zombie survival. His 2007 New York Times bestseller, "World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War," soon be made into a major motion picture starring Brad Pitt, tells the story of the world's desperate battle against the zombie threat with a series of first-person accounts "as told to the author" by various characters around the world. Publishers Weekly called the novel "surprisingly hard to put down." Brooks' latest release, "The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks," is the graphic novel that fans demanded. Brooks worked for the BBC in Great Britain and East Africa and is a former writer for Saturday Night Live. He lives in New York City with his wife, Michelle, and their miniature dachshund, Maizey.