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Alex Epstein (American writer)

Alexander Joseph Epstein is an American author, energy theorist, and industrial policy pundit. He is the founder and president of the Center for Industrial Progress, a for-profit think tank located in San Diego, California. Epstein is also the New York Times bestselling author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels (2014), in which he advocates the use of fossil fuels like coal, oil and natural gas, for which he has been criticized. Epstein is an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute and a former fellow at the Ayn Rand Institute.

Alex Epstein (Israeli writer) Israeli writer

Alex Epstein is an Israeli writer, known for his micro stories. He moved to Israel at the age of eight and lived with his family in the city of Lod. Epstein received his first publishing contract from Zamora-Bitan when he was only 23. He has since published three novels and eight collections of stories in Hebrew, as well as numerous pieces in English-language journals including Ploughshares, The Kenyon Review, Guernica, JuxtaProse Literary Magazine, Zeek,Electric Literature, TheGuardian, and The Collagist. His translations in Electric Literature were illustrated by renowned Israeli artist and animator, David Polonsky. Epstein has twice received the Israeli Prime Minister's Prize for Authors and Poets. Epstein lives in Tel Aviv and has served as a writer-in-residence for the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, and as a Schusterman Family Foundation Artist-in-Residence at the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado (2010). In 2010 he took part of the PEN World Voices Festival in New York, he was featured in a panel with other writers such as Claire Messud, Lorraine Adams, Norman Rush, Yiyun Li and Aleksandar Hemon.

Alex Epstein is a dual citizen American Canadian writer, film producer, director, and educator.

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