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A little threat of evil is always the far better way to fill the seats. But sometimes the monsters aren't who we think they are.

Brad Meltzer

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Brad Meltzer
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: April 1
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
Littles
Better
Little
Seats
Sometimes
Monsters
Way
Fill
Always
Threat
Think
Aren
Thinking
Evil

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