Max McCoy

Max Allan McCoy (born October 30, 1958) is an American journalist and novelist.

He is the author of ten westerns, two thrillers, four original Indiana Jones adventures, the novelization of the mini-series Into the West and the first three volumes in Wylde’s West, a paranormal mystery series.

Born in Baxter Springs, Kansas, McCoy is the son of Carl McCoy (1924–1997) and Mary Carter (1927–1986).
He attended Baxter Springs High School, has a B.A. from Pittsburg State University and an M.A. from Emporia State University.

McCoy began his career in journalism in 1980 as a police reporter for The Pittsburg (Kansas) Morning Sun. In 1986, he traveled to Japan on a grant to report, in words and photos, the story of the aging survivors of the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

McCoy was the investigative reporter for The Joplin Globe in southwest Missouri and won first-place awards from the Associated Press Managing Editors and the Missouri Press Association for his reporting on unsolved murders, serial killers, and hate groups in the Ozarks.

Most of McCoy’s novels are set in Missouri or Kansas, and major themes include alienation, redemption, complicated family and personal relationships, and the legacy of violence in American culture.

2014 – Kansas Notable Book Of Grave Concern
2011 – Spur Damnation Road [5]
2008 – Kansas Notable Book Hellfire Canyon [6]
2008 – Spur Hellfire Canyon [5]
2005 – ESU Outstanding Master Alumnus [7]
1991 – Spur The Sixth Rider [5]

2013 – Distinguished Newspaper Advisor – College Media Association [x]
2002 – Investigative Reporting, Associated Press, 2002 (“The Killing Season”).
2001 – Investigative Reporting, Associated Press, 2001 (“Ordained by Hate”).

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