Max Brallier
Max Brallier (born September 8, 1983) is a children's book author and has written more than 30 books.[1] He is best known for his New York Times bestselling series The Last Kids on Earth, which has been made into a TV series by Netflix.[2]
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Born | Belmont, Massachusetts, U.S. | September 8, 1983
Pen name | Jack Chabert |
Occupation | Author |
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maxbrallier.com |
Personal life and education
Max Brallier was born on September 8, 1983[3][4] in Belmont, Massachusetts.[5] He moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania when he was 4.[5] He moved to Reading, Massachusetts in third grade[6] in 1991, where he attended Joshua Eaton Elementary School.[5] He then attended Parker Middle School,[5] on which the middle school in The Last Kids on Earth is based.[6] He graduated from Reading Memorial High School in 2001 and then Ithaca College in 2005 with a degree in film.[5]
As a child he liked David Macaulay and Where's Waldo books.[7] His favorite book of all time is Bart Simpson's Guide to Life.[8]
He has one daughter, Lila, with his wife, Alyse.[9]
Career
Brallier previously worked in marketing at St. Martin's Press and as a game designer for the virtual world Poptropica. He says he first knew he wanted to be writer after he published his first book, a coffee table book written for adults called Reasons to Smoke (2007),[10] although in other sources he says he wanted to write stories from the age of 14.[7] He began writing children's books under the pen name Jack Chabert in 2014, starting with the book series Eerie Elementary,[11] and the graphic novel Poptropica: Mystery of the Map (2016). He also has written books under his own name for LEGO, Adventure Time, and Steven Universe, among others.[9]
In 2015 he published the first in his series Galactic Hot Dogs as well as the first book in the Last Kids on Earth series.[9]
In 2019, he co-wrote and produced the film VFW for Fangoria.
Bibliography
- Can You Survive the Zombie Apocalypse? (2011)
- Highway to Hell (2016)
- Poptropica: Mystery of the Map (2016) (as Jack Chabert)
Non-fiction
- Reasons To Smoke (2007)
- Reasons to Drink (2009)
- Toilet Trivia (2009)
- Man Enough? (2012)
The Last Kids on Earth
- The Last Kids on Earth (2015) #1
- The Last Kids on Earth and the Zombie Parade (2016) #2
- The Last Kids on Earth and the Nightmare King (2017) #3
- The Last Kids on Earth and the Cosmic Beyond (2018) #4
- The Last Kids on Earth and the Midnight Blade (2019) #5
- The Last Kids on Earth Survival Guide (2019) (Standalone)
- The Last Kids on Earth: June's Wild Flight (2020) (Standalone)
- The Last Kids on Earth and the Skeleton Road (2020) #6
- The Last Kids on Earth: Thrilling Tales From the Tree House (2021) (Standalone)
- The Last Kids on Earth and the Doomsday Race (2021) #7
- The Last Kids on Earth: Quint and Dirk's Hero Quest (2022) (Standalone)
- The Last Kids on Earth and the Forbidden Fortress (2022) #8
- The Last Kids on Earth and the Monster Dimension (2023) #9
Galactic Hot Dogs
- Cosmoe's Wiener Getaway (2015)
- The Wiener Strikes Back (2016)
- Revenge of the Space Pirates (2017)
Eerie Elementary (as Jack Chabert)
- The School Is Alive! (2014)
- The Locker Ate Lucy! (2014)
- Recess Is a Jungle! (2016)
- The Science Fair is Freaky! (2016)
- School Freezes Over! (2016)
- Sam Battles the Machine! (2017)
- Classes Are Canceled! (2017)
- The Hall Monitors Are Fired! (2018)
- The Art Show Attacks! (2018)
- The End of Orson Eerie? (2019)[12]
References
- "Max Brallier". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
- Sharyn Vane. "Max Brallier's 'Last Kids on Earth' comes to Austin, Netflix". Austin 360. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
- The Library of Congress. "Brallier, Max". The Library of Congress. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
- "ISNI 0000000065552763 Brallier, Max ( born 1983-09-08 )". International Standard Name Identifier. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
- Maroney, David. "Best selling author Max Brallier visits his home town". Daily Times Chronicle. Archived from the original on March 10, 2019. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
- Author Max Brallier On Zombies, Middle School And Friendship. www.wbur.org. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
- Giselle (October 8, 2019). "Our Exclusive Chat With Max Brallier". Stage Right Secrets. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
- Max Brallier, Austin Public Library, retrieved December 12, 2019
- "About". Max Brallier. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
- "Hot Dogs in Space: Meet the Author Max Brallier". The New York Public Library. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
- Springer, Kevin (April 22, 2016). "The Writer's Block: An Interview with Max Brallier". Middle Grade Mafia. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
- "Jack Chabert".