Frederick Faust (1892-1944) Max Brand was the best-known pen name of Frederick Faust, the world's most celebrated western writer and master of popular fiction of many kinds Welcome to the Max Brand/Frederick Faust Web Site. Faust has published over 260 books under various pen names. He created Dr. Kildare, Destry, and many other popular fictional characters. Eighty movies, three TV series, and ...