Neil McMahon

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Neil McMahon
Neil McMahon author photo.jpg
Born1949 (age 7374)
OccupationNovelist
Genre Thriller
Notable worksTwice Dying
Lone Creek
L.A. Mental
Toys with James Patterson

Neil McMahon (born 1949) is the author of ten novels, as well as a collaboration with James PattersonToys—which was a New York Times #1 Bestseller. He has written two series: the Carroll Monks books (Twice Dying, Blood Double, To The Bone, Revolution No. 9), and the Hugh Davoren books (Lone Creek, Dead Silver). In the late 1980s he wrote three horror novels (all originally published under the pseudonym "Daniel Rhodes") that have been reissued as ebooks.

McMahon was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford. His novels have been praised by fellow writers Michael Connelly, James Crumley, Annick Smith, William Kittredge, C.J. Box, Deirdre McNamer, Andrew Schneider and many others. He lives in Missoula, Montana.

A complete list of McMahon's published novels:


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