Eduardo Spohr

Writer, journalist, blogger and member of the NerdCast, podcast published by the site JovemNerd. He is the author of the novel "A Batalha do Apocalipse" and nowadays helps to manage the NerdBooks imprint, focused in fantasy literature. In addition, he is a teacher in Hélio Alonso college, in Rio de Janeiro, where he ministers the literature course "Literary Structure - The Hero's Journey in Cinema and Literature".

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