Michael Mann & Meg Gardiner

The Profile

Michael Mann is an American film director and screenwriter; Meg Gardiner is an American novelist. They co-wrote the book Heat 2. 1988-2000.

Michael Mann is known for films including Heat, Public Enemies and Blackhat. Meg Gardiner is an established crime novelist and is credited as co-author on Heat 2.

The review praises Heat 2 as a literary sequel that reads like a long screenplay, expanding characters from Michael Mann's Heat. It highlights Mann's recognizable, detailed style and the novel's non-linear period-spanning structure. The reviewer notes occasional anachronistic elements (e.g., Deep Web) and expresses doubts about a feature-film adaptation, suggesting a limited series may suit the material better.