Academic lesson plan now available for Minecraft: The Island

Teachers! Random House just put out this really cool lesson plan for Minecraft: The Island.

Academic Resources - Teacher's Guide for Minecraft: The Island by Max Brooks

On Fresh Air

My full interview with Terry Gross on Fresh Air. 

NPR's Fresh Air : Novelist Max Brooks On Doomsday, Dyslexia And Growing Up With Hollywood Parents

Appearing on Colbert

'Minecraft: The Island' author Max Brooks explains the paranoid upbringing that led him to write about the undead.

New book out today

My new book, Minecraft: The Island launches today.

Amazon

Barnes & Noble

My Tribute to George Romero

RollingStone.com - 'World War Z' Author Max Brooks: George Romero Was the 'Thinker's Zombie Creator'

Minecraft interview with Mojang

The official Mojang interview about the first official Minecraft Novel.

Minecraft Audiobook Available for Pre-order!

Now that the links are up, I can finally talk about it. The Minecraft audiobook has two options for narrators. The first is the insanely talented Samira Wiley (Orange Is The New Black / Handmaid's Tale) and the second is some guy I went to high school with named Jack Black.

Minecraft: The Island narrated by Samira Wiley

Minecraft: The Island narrated by Jack Black

Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense

I moderated a blue ribbon study panel on Biodefense discussing the growing pandemic threat and preparing for the future.

My new op-ed for The Hill

On the short sighted mistake of reversing Obama's opening of Cuba.

Op-Ed

America's military is built to help defense contractors, not troops