Steven B. Epstein is a native of Long Island who graduated twice from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill—first with a bachelor’s degree in political science (1987) and then with a law degree (1990).  His career began as a law clerk to a federal judge and included a stint as a law professor at the University of Illinois.  He’s been a practicing lawyer for nearly 35 years and has tried dozens of cases to judges and juries across North Carolina and has handled numerous appeals in state and federal courts.  Since 2010, Steve’s been a partner at Poyner Spruill LLP, where his practice concentrates on family law. 

 

Steve’s writing career began more as an accident than an ambition—a mid-life crisis of sorts—and has morphed into quite the side hustle, with three true crime thrillers now under his belt.  His first book, MURDER ON BIRCHLEAF DRIVE (2019), reached #1 on Amazon's best-seller list in the true crime