Pretending They Are Dead

Miserable childhoods may make for interesting stories, but they’re no fun to live.

Pretending They Are Dead is the story of an adopted boy facing two abusive fathers, becoming a father himself, and then, as a trial lawyer representing the children of firefighters killed on 9/11. This forthcoming memoir is a poignant look at the author’s life as he survived a dysfunctional family and found redemption.

COMING SPRING 2025

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Steven Eichenblatt is a father of five children and husband to his long lost love, Melissa Ross. He is a 30 year trial lawyer who has represented catastrophic injury cases, and served as a guardian ad litem for children born to terrible circumstances or in abused families. He has done this as a volunteer his entire career and his experience led to representation of families who lost loved ones in 9/11.

He was raised in a dysfunctional family, one father abandoning him, and another an abuser. He was adopted so understands the battle to overcome difficult childhood trauma including a catastrophic car crash he witnessed.

Steve graduated from Florida State University with an English Degree, and went on to graduate from the University of Florida College of Law . He speaks to high school and middle school age kids about overcoming adversity, determination, and understanding we all make stupid mistakes, but don’t turn them into life changers or life sentences.

Steve lives in Orlando with his wife. He has two children in the entertainment industry, one attorney, and two in college. His wife was his first girlfriend and they reconnected after 35 years. He has a cat and wants a dog.

Steven Scott Nestle is the author’s birth name and the name he published The Lost Save of Tug McGraw under. His legal name is Steven Eichenblatt.