# Max Brooks on Reddit (u/IamMaxBrooks)

Part of Creators on Reddit, researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-07. Interactive version: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/max-brooks

Max Brooks: Author, World War Z.

- Reddit account: [u/IamMaxBrooks](https://www.reddit.com/user/IamMaxBrooks/) (AMA only)
- How we know it's theirs: [Their 2014 r/IAmA AMA, posted from this account](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/21cwll/i_am_max_brooks_author_of_world_war_z_and_the/)
- Where they post, in the records we retrieved: r/IAmA (90)
- Known activity in the posts we found: 2014 to 2014
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Brooks

## Moments

### u/IamMaxBrooks in r/IAmA, Mar 25, 2014 · Funny

Replying to a redditor:

> After reading your books like World War Z and The Zombie Survival Guide, I only have one question; how did you transition from writing on jokes on Saturday Night Live to horror?

> Well let me see. I think my transition away from writing jokes for Saturday Night Live would have be the moment when they fired me.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/21cwll/comment/cgbvg5g/ · 1,663 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/IamMaxBrooks in r/IAmA, Mar 25, 2014 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> Hi Mr. Brooks! I'm a big fan of your work and the genre in general. Can you explain what happened with the movie adaptation of World War Z? It deviated so far from the source material in just about every conceivable way, it's hard to believe that they have the same title. How…

> Ironically, the fact that it was SO different my book was exactly what allowed me to emotionally divorce myself from the final product. I didn't have to watch my characters be mutilated or my story be perverted. As I've said many times, they didn't ruin my book, they ignored it.

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Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/21cwll/comment/cgbtsqs/ · 1,527 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/IamMaxBrooks in r/IAmA, Mar 26, 2014 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> Were you ever on the set of Spaceballs? If so, how cool was John Candy?

> I was actually on the set and I will say that John Candy was a very sweet man. He is very missed. As I write this, my arse is comfortably seated on a chair from the original battle bridge of Spaceball 1.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/21cwll/comment/cgbxmqm/ · 645 points as of Nov 7, 2026