Children Chatting With Author Adam Jay Epstein

Episode Summary

Join the Children Chatting with Authors Podcast as they interview Adam Jay Epstein about his book, Snared: Escape to the Above (Wiley Snare Book #1) and about being an author.


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Participant(s) Bio

Adam Jay Epstein spent his childhood in Great Neck, New York when he wasn't aboard his father's sailboat. He spent many days sitting in the neighborhood park, traveling to fantasy lands in his head (occasionally when he was supposed to be doing his homework). In college, he circled the world on a ship and studied film at Wesleyan University. He is the co-author of the internationally bestselling middle-grade fantasy series The Familiars, the middle-grade sci-fi series Starbounders, and the middle-grade fantasy series Snared. He has written film and television projects for Disney, Sony, Fox, MGM, Paramount, MTV, HULU, SYFY, and the Disney Channel. He currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife, two daughters, and a dog, Pixel.


Book cover for Snared: Escape to the Above
Snared: Escape to the Above
Epstein, Adam Jay

Snared: Escape to the Above is an exciting fantasy and adventure story in which a boy named Wily has to live underground in a dungeon and uses all his time to build traps to protect an ancient wizard's treasure, and that's just the first chapter! Adam's new Wily Snare series continues with Book #2 Snared: Lair of the Beast.



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