"Brad Meltzer" is an United States/American political thriller novelist, non-fiction writer, TV show creator and comic book author.

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From the time I could read, I've been devouring these things. I had a $5 allowance growing up in Brooklyn and I spent the whole thing every week at the Nostrand Avenue Comics shop.

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Sloth: Which current congressman uses the term 'Great Americans' as a codeword to ask his staff if the person he's speaking to is a big donor?

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Envy: Which senator once had a dimmer switch in their secret hideaway?

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[Meltzer's fifth novel is a thriller about two Hill aides who run a betting game about Congress; one of them turns up dead.] Since the book came out I've had staffers contact me and tell me about their own betting scheme in Congress, ... Everyone keeps saying, 'You didn't make up anything -- we've been doing that for years!'

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Jack & Bobby ... Sometimes the greatest people can be seated right next to you.

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I'm excited just to start my new novel.

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But I just love the written word. I love to paint with the written word.

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That's what's so appealing here is getting to see that middle.

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[The resulting show --] still amazing to me how it all came together, ... who understand each other. The more you know about Bobby, the more you know about Jack. It's two brothers, one dream. This is their story.

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