Brad Meltzer’s exhaustively researched, swiftly paced, enormously inventive legal thrillers feature young, whip-smart characters who find themselves in high places -- which means they have a long way to fall. The mix, and the suspense, make for intoxicating reads, from The Tenth Justice to The Book of Fate. In our interview, Meltzer reveals that every time he sits down to write, he remembers his humble beginnings. "I need to get that energy back every day," he explains. "I still try not to believe that someone pays me to do this."