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Adam Jay Epstein

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Born

in Great Neck, New York, The United States

Website

http://www.thefamiliars.com

Genre

Young Adult, Children's Books, Comics & Graphic Novels

Influences

Piers Anthony, JRR Tolkien, JK Rowling, Steven Spielberg, Gary Gygax, ...more

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February 2010

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I grew up in Great Neck, NY loving all things fantasy and science fiction - from Dungeons and Dragons and the Legend of Zelda to Star Wars and Dr. Strange. I created and imagined new worlds and stories from an early age but never knew that I had the talent to be a writer until seventh grade, when my English teacher assigned our class to write the first ten pages of a sequel to The Good Earth. After that, I was hooked.

I now live in Los Angeles with my wife, two children and a black and white alley cat with a bite out of his ear. I write with a partner, Andrew Jacobson, who is a much better typist than I will ever be.

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The Familiars: Circle of Heroes - Blog Tour

With the release of The Familiars: Circle of Heroes this past Tuesday, we have been circling the blogosphere talking all things heroes. Here's where we've been so far!

Hopelessly Devoted Bibliophile

Lauren's Crammed Bookshelf

Mundie Kids

The O.W.L.

Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers

Tif Talks Books

Writing on the Sidewalk

And we're not finished! We've still got a few more stops go go next week. So be sur Read more of this blog post »

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	The Familiars by Adam Jay Epstein (Goodreads Author), Andrew Jacobson (Goodreads Author), Peter Chan (Illustrator) 4.09 avg rating — 8,738 ratings — published 2010 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Secrets of the Crown by Adam Jay Epstein (Goodreads Author), Andrew Jacobson (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 3,490 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Circle of Heroes by Adam Jay Epstein (Goodreads Author), Andrew Jacobson (Goodreads Author), Greg Call (Illustrator) 4.36 avg rating — 2,322 ratings — published 2012 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Palace of Dreams by Adam Jay Epstein (Goodreads Author), Andrew Jacobson (Goodreads Author), Dave Phillips (Illustrator) 4.35 avg rating — 1,383 ratings — published 2013 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Starbounders by Adam Jay Epstein (Goodreads Author), Andrew Jacobson (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 325 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Starbounders #2: Rebellion by Adam Jay Epstein (Goodreads Author), Andrew Jacobson (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Familiars 4-Book Collection: The Familiars, Secrets of the Crown, Circle of Heroes, Palace of Dreams by Adam Jay Epstein (Goodreads Author), Andrew Jacobson (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations) 4.72 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Snared: Lair of the Beast (Wily Snare, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 45 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Familiars. 3 romanzi in 1 by Adam Jay Epstein (Goodreads Author), Andrew Jacobson (Goodreads Author) 4.71 avg rating — 17 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Adam Jay Epstein

The Familiars (4 books)
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Adam Jay Epstein (Goodreads Author),

Andrew Jacobson (Goodreads Author),

Dave Phillips (Illustrator)

4.19 avg rating — 16,023 ratings

Starbounders (2 books)
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Adam Jay Epstein (Goodreads Author),

Andrew Jacobson (Goodreads Author)

4.09 avg rating — 456 ratings

Wily Snare (3 books)
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Adam Jay Epstein (Goodreads Author)

3.89 avg rating — 255 ratings

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“And I’m sorry I ever called you an arrogant know-it-all.” “I never heard you say that.” “Well, it wasn’t to your face.”
― Adam Jay Epstein, The Familiars

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“Gilbert tried to reason with the smoke hound. “I am a frog,” he explained. “You are a puff of black smoke shaped like a dog. We are not related.”
― Adam Jay Epstein, Secrets of the Crown

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“A door is not a door when it is ajar.” There”
― Adam Jay Epstein, Palace of Dreams

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