Nathan Hoobler

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Nathan D. Hoobler
Born (1979-11-02) November 2, 1979 (age 41)
Stoneboro, Pennsylvania, United States
OccupationWriter, producer, director
Spouse(s)Tara Kelley Hoobler
Children2

Nathan Hoobler (born November 11, 1979) is an American writer, director, and producer for the Focus on the Family-created radio drama, Adventures in Odyssey . Nathan grew up listening to Adventures in Odyssey and even started his own fansite [1] about the show before being hired by Focus on the Family. He has a degree in Media Communication from Asbury College. In addition to his other roles, Nathan produced the bonus features for The Gold Audio Series. [2] and has authored 2 books for the series.

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Career

In 1999, Nathan started the AIOHQ website and in the summer of 2000, got the opportunity to work with the Adventures in Odyssey team for a few months. For about a year and a half, he worked for the show on a freelance basis and wrote about five scripts. He became a full-time staff writer for Odyssey in January 2002, and has since written over 70 scripts, and directed over 50 episodes.

Personal life

Originally from Pennsylvania, Nathan now lives in Colorado Springs with his wife Tara and 2 sons.

Books by Nathan Hoobler

Voice work

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References

  1. "AIOHQ Webmaster Bio". Aiohq.com. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
  2. "WhitsEnd.org Bio" . Retrieved December 28, 2017.