NYT: For thrillers, Glenn Beck is new Oprah Nov 6, 2009
He doesnt have me on to talk about the great sex scene in Chapter 34, said Brad Meltzer, a thriller writer who extensively researches his novels. He has me on to talk about the great access Ive had to former presidents and the research that I do. (MSNBC -- Politics)
'The Lost Symbol' is a roaring ride Sep 20, 2009
"'The page almost ripples with a cartoonish heh, heh, heh.Unlike the demented passion of the almost comical albino monk in "The Da Vinci Code," Mal'akh is a more insidious evil with a bulging ego that helps him slip easily through the watchdogs of Homeland Security and keep the plot rolling for more than 400 pages. What might unnerve some readers is that he's able to get past these keepers of safety with only a little makeup to cover his tattoos and costumes that should make even a rookie cop a... (Sioux City Journal, IO)
AP book review: 'The Lost Symbol' is a roaring ride Sep 16, 2009
"The Lost Symbol," which has an announced first printing of 5 million copies, is not the first thriller to weave the Masons into a plot Brown did so in "Angels s" and Brad Meltzer has Masonic references in "Book of Fate." But Brown was clever nonetheless in choosing the Masonic Order to center his book. It's a fraternal society steeped in history, mystery and ritual, one that has claimed as members some of history's most influential men: Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Mozart and Teddy... (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Freemasons Await Dan Brown's Latest Novel Sep 16, 2009
" No official gathering is taking place at the hall on this recent afternoon, so it's all right for a reporter to have a look around. The Naval Masonic room has features common to other lodges, such as the Mason emblem, a set square and compass and letter "G" (for both God and Geometry), and some decorative images, such as the Egyptian-styled eyes and snakes painted throughout. Brown's book moves quickly among such Washington landmarks as the Library of Congress and the Washington Monument and... (CBS News)
Freemasons await Dan Brown novel 'The Lost Symbol' Sep 16, 2009
"But it's picking up again, in part because of people like Brown and (novelist) Brad Meltzer ('Book of Lies,' 'Book of Fate'). Younger men are seeing popular references to it. We're also seeing people from single-parent households who don't have that kind of brotherhood feeling you get in the lodge," Hodapp says. Meetings at the Naval Masonic room are presided over by a Master who sits in a high-backed chair on the East side of the room, in honor of where the sun rises. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Its a bird, its a plane, its a super renovation Jul 10, 2009
Two years ago, New York Times best selling author and Superman fan, Brad Meltzer paid a visit to the former Siegel home, the birthplace of Superman, as part of his research for his novel The Book of Lies, a story based on the murder of Siegel s father Mitchell in 1932. Although Hattie and Jefferson Gray, who have lived in the home for the past 21 years, were very gracious, Brad was distressed at the home s condition and knew something had to be done quickly to preserve this historic landmark,... (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
• New at the Kimberly library Apr 16, 2009
"Death in Lacquer Red" by Jeanne M. Dams, "Vector" by Robin Cook, "In the Presence of the Enemy" by Elizabeth George, "Nightmares scapes" by Stephen King, "Mr. Murder" by Dean Koonts,, "Edge of Evil" by J. A. Jance, "3rd Degree" and "5th Horseman" by James Patterson, "Echo Park" by Michael Connelly, "The Summer I Dared" by Barbara Delinsky, "The Associate" by John Grisham, "At First sight" by Nicholas Sparks, "The Book of Fate" by Brad Meltzer, "Trouble" by Jesse Kellerman. Copyright. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
SUPERMAN'S STORY: Born of a real-life fatal robbery? Apr 13, 2009
"Think about it. Your father dies in a robbery, and you invent a bulletproof man." Author Brad Meltzer, on the origins of Superman ... "In 50 years of interviews, Jerry Siegel never once mentioned that his father died in a robbery," says Brad Meltzer, a best-selling author whose novel, The , due Sept. 2, links the Siegel murder to a biblical conspiracy plot. (USA Today -- Life)
A tale of two 'Droods’ - Two authors reimagine Dickens’ unfinished work Mar 7, 2009
The entire tale - all 772 pages of it - is told by Wilkie Collins, a sometime collaborator and friend of Dickens who produced the sensational detective novel The Moonstone (think of him as Brad Meltzer to Dickens Dan Brown). Although jealous of Dickens, Collins is concerned about Dickens mental health after a deadly railway accident at Staplehurst in 1865. (Missoulian, MT)
