Frederick Schiller Faust was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. Faust also created the popular fictional character of young medical intern Dr. James Kildare in a series of pulp fiction stories. Max Brand's most famous novels are Harrigan, Riders of the Silence, The Untamed, The Night Horseman, Ronicky Doone, The Seventh Man, Alcatraz, Black Jack, and The Rangeland Avenger.