Editing Max Brooks (section)

{{short description|American writer (born 1972)}}
{{about||the member of the Colorado House of Representatives|Max Brooks (politician)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2013}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Max Brooks
| image              = Max Brooks at BookExpo (15957).jpg
| caption            = Brooks in 2019
| birth_name         = Maximillian Michael Brooks
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1972|5|22}}
| birth_place        = [[New York City]], U.S.
| occupation         = Writer
| alma_mater         = {{Ubl
  |[[Pitzer College]] (B.A.)
  |[[American University]]
}}
| module             = {{Infobox writer
  | embed = yes
  | genre = Humor, horror
}}
| spouse             = {{marriage|Michelle Kholos|2003}}
| children           = 1
| mother             = [[Anne Bancroft]]
| father             = [[Mel Brooks]]
| relatives          = [[Phyllis Italiano]] (maternal aunt)
}}
'''Maximilian Michael Brooks''' (born May 22, 1972)<ref name="Bancroft book">{{cite book |last=Shelley |first=Peter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7qAuDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA102 |title=Anne Bancroft: The Life and Work |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |year=2017 |isbn=978-1476662428 |page=102}}</ref> is an American actor and author. He is the son of comedian [[Mel Brooks]] and actress [[Anne Bancroft]]. Much of Brooks's writing focuses on [[Zombie (fictional)|zombie]] stories. He was a senior fellow at the [[United States Military Academy#Department of Military Instruction|Modern War Institute]] at [[West Point, New York]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mwi.usma.edu/max-brooks/|title=Max Brooks|work=Modern War Institute |date=April 7, 2016|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-date=February 16, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200216182318/https://mwi.usma.edu/max-brooks/|url-status=live |author1=Mwiadmin }}</ref>