Max Brand
Frederick Faust (1882-1944) was an American author of Western fiction. He is best known for his novels under the pen name Max Brand, but also used his real name and other pseudonyms including George Owen Baxter, David Manning, Evan Evans, John Frederick, Peter Morland, George Challis and Frederick Frost. His novels were initially serialized for pulp magazines such as Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine. One of his non-Western characters was Dr. Kildare , who would make the transition over to several films. Faust was covering World War II in Italy when he was mortally wounded by sharpnel.
