Estelle Epstein is a former elementary school teacher. A published poet, Epstein wrote the book, music and lyrics for the children’s play, The Little Lame Prince and Coming To America, a play based on her children’s book, I Heard My Father’s Voice.

She is a member of the Tin Box Poets, who judge the yearly poetry contest for high school and middle-grade students held at the Swampscott Public Library.

Mother of three grown children, she lives in Swampscott, Massachusetts and enjoys learning jazz piano and traveling with her husband Sidney.