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Bestselling Author Saves Landmark By 'Ordinary' Means.


After years of reading about Superman saving ordinary people, it's time to put a new spin on the story.

Ordinary people saved Superman's house.

Last spring, best-selling novelist Brad Meltzer started the charitable organization Ordinary People Save the World in an effort to raise enough money to restore the home where Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel grew up. Meltzer had visited the house while doing research for Book of Lies, which centers around the murder of Siegel's father.

"I entered that house the same way Cal does in the book. Me and Mike San Giacomo knocked on the front door and talked our way in," said Meltzer, whose Book of Lies novel was just released in paperback. "That visit changed my life, especially with what we found there -- not just for the plot of the book, but in terms of the condition of the house. I was just heartbroken when I saw it. Mike knew the condition was bad, but I think he was in shock too. So I kept telling everyone the story, and every person I told kept saying, 'Just tell me what you need me to do.'"