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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

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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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Average rating: 4.18 · 18,463 ratings · 1,404 reviews · 23 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Familiars by Adam Jay Epstein (Goodreads Author), Andrew Jacobson (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 9,389 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Secrets of the Crown by Adam Jay Epstein (Goodreads Author), Andrew Jacobson (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 3,735 ratings — published 2011 — 28 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) 4.35 avg rating — 2,530 ratings — published 2012 — 18 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) 4.34 avg rating — 1,584 ratings — published 2013 — 17 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
	Have You Seen Gordon? by Adam Jay Epstein (Goodreads Author), Ruth Chan (Illustrator) 4.14 avg rating — 323 ratings — 3 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 (Starbounders, 1) by Adam Jay Epstein (Goodreads Author), Andrew Jacobson (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 326 ratings — published 2013 — 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: Escape to the Above (Wily Snare, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 224 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
	Starbounders #2: Rebellion by Adam Jay Epstein (Goodreads Author), Andrew Jacobson (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 133 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	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) 4.64 avg rating — 81 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) 4.20 avg rating — 56 ratings — 7 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)

4.18 avg rating — 17,319 ratings

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

Andrew Jacobson (Goodreads Author)

4.09 avg rating — 459 ratings

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

3.94 avg rating — 309 ratings

Quotes by Adam Jay Epstein (?)

“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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“I want my lobster in bite-sized pieces! How dare you make me chew more than thrice?”
― Adam Jay Epstein, Circle of Heroes

tags: arrogant, food, funny, humor

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message 5: by Neveen

Aug 26, 2011 05:52PM

Thanks for accepting my friend request. I do love your books.

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Dec 31, 2010 07:31AM

Happy New Year! :D

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Dec 24, 2010 07:26AM

Happy Christmas! :D

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message 2: by Esther

Oct 30, 2010 11:42AM

i heard of ur books

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message 1: by SassyMama

Jul 14, 2010 08:04PM

Hi, Adam...WELCOME to goodreads...thanks for the invite into your circle of friends...CONGRATS on your book and best of luck in the future...looking forward to sharing reviews, chats, and any/all recommendations...have a blessed rest of the week...and as always Happy Reading & Writing :-)

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