Meet Max Brallier

author of the Last Kids on Earth series

What was your favorite book as a kid?

Bart Simpson’s Guide to Life.

Who are your favorite fictional characters?

Luke Skywalker, Indiana Jones, Tintin, Axel Foley.

What is the best writing advice you ever got?

“This is how you do it; you sit down at the keyboard and put one word after another until it’s done. It’s that easy and that hard.” —Neil Gaiman

Max’s Top 10 Favorite Movie Monsters, In No Particular Order

1. Graboids from Tremors

2. The Rancor from Return of the Jedi

3. The Iron Giant

4. Quetzacoatl from Q

5. The Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man from Ghostbusters

6. The Skeletons from Jason and the Argonauts

7. The Thing

8. The Critters from Critters

9. The T-Rex from Jurassic Park

10. The shark from Jaws

About the Last Kids on Earth series

Follow Jack Sullivan and his friends as they navigate life after the Monster Apocalypse—living in a tricked-out tree house, avoiding zombies, battling evil world-destroying monsters, and generally treating life like it’s the best video game ever!

About Max

Max Brallier is the New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty books and games, including the middle-grade series The Last Kids on Earth. In the olden days, Max was a game designer for the virtual world Poptropica and worked in marketing at St. Martin's Press. Max lives in Los Angeles with his family. Visit him online at maxbrallier.com or on Instagram @max_loves_pants.