Frank E. Peretti

Frank E. Peretti is a Christian fiction author that has been described as a natural storyteller best known for his inspirational and children’s novels. Peretti grew up in Seattle, where as a youngster he would tell animated stories to neighborhood children. Now referred to as one of America’s hottest Christian novelists, he is a publishing phenomenon with more than 12 million of his works in print. Once he graduated from high school, he decided that he wanted to become a musician and joined a local bluegrass band where he played banjo. After getting married in 1972, he stopped touring and instead began a small Christian music ministry. During this time, he studied screenwriting, English and film at the University of California and Los Angeles before he became a minister at an Assembly of God church. In 1983, he decided to give up his minister position and began working construction since he had a family to feed. He would later get a job at a ski factory and began writing “This Present Darkness” his debut novel that would become the breakthrough he needed as an aspiring author. He had a slow start to his career as he got tons of rejections and once he finally published, the sales were lackluster at best. It was only when Amy Grant the Christian singer started promoting it to her audience that the novel finally took off. He followed it up with “Piercing the Darkness” in 1989 and has never looked back since.