Kobe Bryant based book character on daughter, co-author says Epoca: The River of Sand is available now
Kobe Bryant based a book character on his daughter.
New York Times bestselling book series. As a second installment,
Epoca: The River of Sand, was published this year, Granity Studios, the late NBA star’s multimedia original content company, aired an interview with
Vanessa Bryant and Claire to discuss the series and Claire’s writing process with
Kobe.
Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna Bryant in 2018 in Irvine, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
In the interview, Claire refers to working with
Kobe as “a profound collaboration,” and when asked who her favorite character was, Claire explained, “I love Vera, who is not the main character or the secondary character, she’s just this amazing athlete.”