Brad Meltzer, author portrait
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Brad Meltzer

Brad Meltzer is the Emmy-nominated, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Ordinary People Change the World children’s book series, The Lightning Rod and twelve other thriller novels, nonfiction books such as The JFK Conspiracy, and comic books, for which he has won the prestigious Eisner Award. He is one of the only authors to have had books on the bestseller list in five different categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Advice, Children’s Books, and Graphic Books.
 
Brad is the host of Brad Meltzer’s Decoded on the History Channel and is responsible for helping find the missing 9/11 flag with his show Brad Meltzer’s Lost History. His children’s books are the inspiration for the PBS KIDS TV show Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum.  
 
His books have been read by multiple U.S. Presidents. The Hollywood Reporter put him on their list of the 25 Most Powerful Authors. And his recent commencement address at the University of Michigan has been called “one of the best of all time.”
I am Princess Diana
I am Simone Biles
Ordinary People Change the World: A Box of Heroes (5-Book Boxed Set)
We are The Beatles
I am Sally Ride
I am Stephen Hawking
I am Jesse Owens
You Can Change the World
I am Ruth Bader Ginsburg
I am Mister Rogers
I am Gandhi
I am Helen Keller
I am Jackie Robinson
I am Wonder Woman
I am Harriet Tubman
I am Albert Einstein
I am Temple Grandin
I am Sacagawea
I am John Lewis
I am Batman
I am Superman
I am I. M. Pei
I am Dolly Parton
I am Malala Yousafzai
I am Muhammad Ali
I am Oprah Winfrey
I am Frida Kahlo
A New Day
I am Benjamin Franklin
I am Anne Frank
I am Curious
I am Strong
I am Leonardo da Vinci
I am Walt Disney
I am Marie Curie
I am Caring

Books

I am Princess Diana
I am Simone Biles
Ordinary People Change the World: A Box of Heroes (5-Book Boxed Set)
We are The Beatles
I am Sally Ride
I am Stephen Hawking
I am Jesse Owens
You Can Change the World
I am Ruth Bader Ginsburg
I am Mister Rogers
I am Gandhi
I am Helen Keller
I am Jackie Robinson
I am Wonder Woman
I am Harriet Tubman
I am Albert Einstein
I am Temple Grandin
I am Sacagawea
I am John Lewis
I am Batman
I am Superman
I am I. M. Pei
I am Dolly Parton
I am Malala Yousafzai
I am Muhammad Ali
I am Oprah Winfrey
I am Frida Kahlo
A New Day
I am Benjamin Franklin
I am Anne Frank
I am Curious
I am Strong
I am Leonardo da Vinci
I am Walt Disney
I am Marie Curie
I am Caring
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