Stories that entertain. Ideas that last.
Adam Caplan is an author, storyteller and experienced trainer.
He writes fiction and non-fiction about courage, resilience, truth, confidence and the ideas that shape how people see themselves and the world.
His work includes the completed children’s adventure novel Mathatar, a time-slip story in which mathematics may be the hidden structure holding reality together; Not A Good Witness, a co-authored narrative non-fiction book about love, fraud and institutional betrayal; and two previous non-fiction titles, Cellular Attitude and The Anti-Sales Manifesto.
Across his writing, Adam is drawn to stories about people under pressure — and the moment they realise they may be stronger, braver or more important than they ever believed.
Mathatar - A fantasy adventure with maths
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Cellular Attitude - A 9 step guide to a happier life
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The Anti-Sales Manifesto - The psychology of selling
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Not A Good Witness - A story of romantic coercion and fraud followed by institutional failures by the police to support her
Mathatar - A fantasy adventure with maths · Cellular Attitude - A 9 step guide to a happier life · The Anti-Sales Manifesto - The psychology of selling · Not A Good Witness - A story of romantic coercion and fraud followed by institutional failures by the police to support her
A story for readers who like adventure with something real underneath it.
At its heart, Mathatar is a fast-moving time-slip adventure. But beneath the portals, puzzles, ancient cities and strange enemies is a bigger idea: that mathematics is not dry, separate or lifeless. It is pattern, structure, rhythm, proof, quantity, shape and order. It is part of how we understand reality.
Maya does not begin the story as a maths genius. She begins as a real fourteen-year-old girl who notices that something is wrong and refuses to look away.
With the help of Aya, a sharp and practical girl from ancient Ur; Fletcher, her loyal and occasionally chaotic friend from home; Grandad, who knows far more than he has ever admitted; and Fella, whose noble nose may be more important than anyone expects, Maya must work out what is being stolen before reality starts to come apart.
Why Mathatar exists
Making maths feel alive
For many children, maths can feel like a subject full of rules, tests and right-or-wrong answers.
But maths is also one of humanity’s oldest stories.
It began with counting. It grew through trade, calendars, buildings, stars, music, measurement, pattern, and the need to make sense of the world. Mathatar takes that history and turns it into adventure.
The aim is not to disguise a lesson as a story. The aim is to tell a gripping story in which the ideas matter.
About Adam
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About the author
Adam Caplan is an author, speaker and storyteller with a long-standing fascination for the way ideas change people’s lives.
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Before Mathatar
Adam spent more than twenty-five years in sales training, coaching and communication, helping people understand complex ideas and turn them into action.
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Instincts
That same instinct sits behind his fiction: take something that can feel intimidating, make it human, and tell a story people want to follow.
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Style
He writes with warmth, humour and pace, creating stories that are adventurous, emotionally grounded and full of wonder.
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