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VJ Books Presents Author Josh Mensch!

Author Josh Mensch
Josh Mensch is a New York Times bestselling author and documentary television producer with a focus on American history and culture. He is coauthor with Brad Meltzer of two acclaimed books about American history: the New York Times #2 nonfiction bestseller The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington (Flatiron Books, 2019), about a an assassination plot against George Washington at the start of the Revolutionary war; and the New York Times #6 nonfiction bestseller The Lincoln Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill America’s 16th President—and Why it Failed (Flatiron Books, 2020), about an early plot to assassinate Abraham Lincoln before his first inauguration.

Both The First Conspiracy and The Lincoln Conspiracy received widespread critical praise and were nominated as finalists for the Goodreads People’s Choice Awards in the history & biography category.

In addition to writing books, Josh has been a documentary television showrunner, writer, director, and producer. He has created a wide variety of historical, cultural, and journalistic programming for the most prominent nonfiction networks including the History Channel, PBS, National Geographic, Discovery and others. Josh currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and two children.


The Lincoln Conspiracy
Signed First Edition

The Lincoln Conspiracy by Brad Meltzer & Josh Mensch

The First Conspiracy
Double-Signed First Edition

The First Conspiracy by Brad Meltzer & Josh Mensch

Josh Mensch Bibliography


Novels

  1. The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington - 2019 (with Brad Meltzer)
  2. The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington (Young Reader's Edition) - 2020 (with Brad Meltzer)
  3. The Lincoln Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill America's 16th President - and Why It Failed - 2020 (with Brad Meltzer)

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