Stephen Fishbach: Escape!

Two-time Survivor contestant Stephen Fishbach brings an insider’s perspective to his sharp, suspenseful novel about ambition, survival and second chances.

What happens when the promise of reinvention collides with the ruthless machinery of reality television?

Drawing on his own experience as a two-time Survivor contestant, Stephen Fishbach’s sharply observed novel Escape! follows a washed-up reality television star and a disgraced producer, each chasing a second chance on a new survival show where every contestant has been cast as a type, every storyline has been carefully engineered and the stakes soon become far greater than anyone imagined.

Join Fishbach with host Veronica Sullivan for a conversation about the blurred boundaries between performance and authenticity and what our appetite for spectacle reveals about contemporary culture.