Bestselling author Brad Meltzer is known for crafting fictional thrillers. In his book "The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington," however, he's focusing on a real-life mystery. The plot details an effort to undermine the American Revolution just before the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Meltzer joined "CBS This Morning" to discuss how he discovered the story.
CBS This Morning - Jan 8, 2019

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Brad Meltzer is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Lincoln Conspiracy, The Inner Circle, The Book of Fate, and ten other bestselling thrillers including The Tenth Justice, The First Counsel, The Millionaires, and The President’s Shadow. His thriller, The Escape Artist, debuted at #1 on the bestseller list.
In addition to his fiction, Brad is one of the only authors to ever have books on the bestseller list for Non-Fiction (The First Conspiracy), Advice (Heroes for My Son and Heroes for My Daughter), Children’s Books (Ordinary People Change the World series) and even comic books (Justice League of America), for which he won the prestigious Eisner Award.

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