Neil McMahon (born 1949) is the

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of ten novels, as well as a collaboration with

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—''Toys''—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

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, Annick Smith, William Kittredge, C.J. Box, Deirdre McNamer,

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and many others. He lives in

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. A complete list of McMahon's published novels: * ''Next, After Lucifer'' — 1987 — originally published under the pseudonym "Daniel Rhodes" — reissued as ebook in 2011 * ''Adversary'' — 1988 — originally published under the pseudonym "Daniel Rhodes" — reissued as ebook in 2011 * ''Kiss of Death'' — 1990 — originally published under the pseudonym "Daniel Rhodes" — reissued as ebook in 2011 with new title, ''Cast Angels Down to Hell'' * ''Twice Dying'' — 2000 — first of four novels featuring the protagonist Carroll Monks * ''Blood Double'' — 2002 * ''To The Bone'' — 2003 * ''Revolution No. 9'' — 2005 * ''Lone Creek'' — 2007 — first of two novels featuring the protagonist Hugh Davoren * ''Dead Silver'' — 2008 * ''L.A. Mental'' — 2011 * ''Toys'' — 2011 — collaboration with

External links

Interview with author and his editor at Shelf Awareness

Previous book list and photo at HarperCollins Publishers
(Official publisher website) 1949 births Living people 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists American male novelists American thriller writers Writers from Missoula, Montana 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American male writers {{US-novelist-1940s-stub