Brad Meltzer
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Brad Meltzer (b. April 1, 1970) is an American author of several New York Times best-selling books including The Tenth Justice, Dead Even, The First Counsel, The Millionaires, and The Zero Game. He released his sixth novel titled The Book of Fate in September 2006. Meltzer is also a comic book writer, penning a six issue story arc for DC Comics' Green Arrow #16 - #21 (October 2002 - April 2003), and the controversial 2004 miniseries Identity Crisis. He took over the writing duties for a 13-issue stint (including zero issue) on the new monthly Justice League of America series, which started with issue #0 on July 19th, with issue #1 following one month later. After he is finished with his brief run he will once again return to writing a novel with another possible comeback to comics when he has time.
Meltzer grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., and then moved to South Florida, where he graduated from North Miami Beach Senior High School in 1988, after which he graduated from the University of Michigan. In 1993 Meltzer lived in Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts with roommate, fellow comic book writer/artist Judd Winick, working in sales at Games Magazine by day while working on his first novel by night. Afterwards Meltzer attended Columbia Law School, from which he graduated. In addition to his novels, he was the co-creator of the cancelled television series Jack & Bobby, which ran for one season (2004-2005). He married his high school sweetheart, Cori Flam, also an attorney. They recently moved back to South Florida and have one son and one daughter.
Meltzer is also slated to write an arc of Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight comic book for Dark Horse Comics.
In September 2006, Meltzer participated in a work group along with the CIA, FBI, various psychologists, and Department of Homeland Security intelligence staff to brainstorm new ways that terrorists might attack the U.S. [1][2]
[edit] Selected bibliography
- The Tenth Justice (1998)
- Dead Even (1999)
- The First Counsel (2001)
- The Millionaires (2002)
- The Zero Game (2005)
- The Book of Fate (2006)
- The Book of Lies (2008)
[edit] External links
- Brad Meltzer's Homepage
- Interview: Brad Meltzer on Writing
- Interview: Brad Meltzer on The Book of Fate
- Interview with Brad Meltzer on The Sound of Young America: MP3 Link
| Preceded by Kevin Smith |
Green Arrow writer 2002—2004 |
Succeeded by Judd Winick |
| Preceded by Bob Harras |
Justice League of America writer 2006—2007 |
Succeeded by Dwayne McDuffie |
[edit] Sources
- Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss and What I Learned by Judd Winick; (2000; Henry Holt)
