Brad Meltzer author page

Brad Meltzer biography

Brad Meltzer writes for children and adults, including the Ordinary People Change the World children’s biography series, thriller novels, nonfiction books and comic books.

Meltzer’s work for younger readers includes A New Day, a 48-page picture book illustrated by Dan Santat and published by Rocky Pond Books on 2 March 2021. The book is intended for children aged 3 to 5 and follows a story about kindness.

The Ordinary People Change the World series is written as children’s nonfiction and presents the lives of significant figures in a conversational picture-book style. A 32-book set of the series, illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos, was published by Rocky Pond Books on 2 April 2024.

Meltzer’s books for adults include the thriller The Inner Circle and the nonfiction title The JFK Conspiracy. He has also written comic books and won an Eisner Award for his comic-book work.

A five-book Ordinary People Change the World paperback box set was published on 26 August 2025 for readers aged 5 to 9, bringing together biographies of Albert Einstein, Harriet Tubman, Helen Keller, Sacagawea and Jackie Robinson.