Epstein, Alex

Alex Epstein is a professional screenwriter (Bon Cop/Bad Cop, Naked Josh), blogger and author. His critically acclaimed Young Adult first novel, The Circle Cast: The Lost Years of Morgan le Fay, unfolds a mystery from the heart of the King Arthur legend: how Arthur’s half sister, exiled and fatherless, grew up to be the most powerful sorceress of her generation — in a time when Roman civilization was being pushed out by Saxon barbarians and Christianity was spreading through a still-pagan land.

Alex is available to do a day of lectures and reading about The Circle Cast, and its place in the ever-evolving legend of King Arthur, as well as the history and culture of the end of Roman Britain. He’ll talk about the King Arthur legend in movies (Excalibur, King Arthur, The Sword in the Stone), and TV shows (Camelot, The Mists of Avalon), as well as other Arthurian books, and discuss issues of memes and myths, including why a myth is a story that stays true, and why the King Arthur story still hits home after 1500 years.