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Edward Jay Epstein (1935-2024) Author. Edward Jay Epstein was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. As a child, he lived in the Midwood neighborhood of Brooklyn and attended Midwood High School. He also lived in Rockville Centre, in Nassau County, New York, , and graduated from South Side High School.

Full Name

Edward Jay Epstein

Locations

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Author's Timeline


1935

Birth

Edward Jay Epstein was born Edward Jay Levinson in Brooklyn, New York, on December 6, 1935.

1966

Other Life Event

Mr. Epstein graduated from and received a master’s degree in government from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, in 1966.

1966

Literary Work

Inquest: The Warren Commission and the Establishment of Truth
Viking Adult
0670398497 / 978-0670398492
Nonfiction

1973

Literary Work

News From Nowhere: Television and the News
Random House
0394463161 / 978-0394463162
Nonfiction

1978

Literary Work

Legend: The Secret World of Lee Harvey Oswald
McGraw-Hill
9780070195394 / 978-0070195394
Nonfiction

1982

Literary Work

The Rise and Fall of Diamonds: The Shattering of a Brilliant Illusion
Simon & Schuster
0671412892 / 978-0671412890
Nonfiction

1989

Literary Work

Deception: The Invisible War Between the KGB and the CIA
Simon & Schuster
0671415433 / 978-0671415433
Nonfiction

1992

Literary Work

The Assassination Chronicles: Inquest, Counterplot, and Legend
Carroll & Graf Pub
088184909X / 978-0881849097
Nonfiction

1996

Literary Work

Dossier: The Secret History of Armand Hammer
Random House
0679448020 / 978-0679448020
Nonfiction

2005

Literary Work

The Big Picture: The New Logic of Money and Power in Hollywood
New York: Random House
1400063531 / 978-1400063536
Nonfiction

2017

Literary Work

How America Lost Its Secrets: Edward Snowden, the Man and the Theft
Knopf
9780451494566 / 978-0451494566
Nonfiction

2023

Literary Work

Assume Nothing: Encounters With Assassins, Spies, Presidents, and Would-Be Masters of the Universe
Encounter Books
1641772948 / 978-1641772945
Memoir

2024

Death

Edward Jay Epstein died at his home in Manhattan, New York, on January 9, 2024.

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