Brad Meltzer

Meltzer is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Escape Artist and many other bestselling thrillers, as well as the "Ordinary People Change the World" series. He is also the host of the History Channel TV shows Brad Meltzer’s Decoded and Brad Meltzer’s Lost History, which he used to help find the missing 9/11 flag that the firefighters raised at Ground Zero. He lives in South Florida with his family.

The Secret Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln

They tried to kill Abraham Lincoln long before shots were fired at Ford’s Theatre. Four years before John Wilkes Booth pulled the trigger, there was another plot to assassinate Lincoln: in February 1861, after Lincoln...

By Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch April 30, 2020

Why Jim Henson and Mr. Rogers Are More Important Than Ever

When we choose our idols, we show people what we stand for

By Brad Meltzer January 10, 2017