He is also an avid pilot.įrank Peretti, affectionately known as 'The Father of Christian Fiction,' became known to me at a very early age. In spite of sudden fame and notoriety, Frank still lives a simple, well-rounded life that includes carpentry, banjo making, sculpturing, bicycling and hiking. The book addresses the pain of “wounded spirits” and was written as a result of painful childhood experiences.įrank Peretti and his wife, Barbara Jean, live in the Western U.S. Peretti released his first-ever non-fiction book, The Wounded Spirit in 2000, which quickly became a best-seller. Henry, the offbeat substitute Sunday School teacher found in two Visual Bible for Kids videos. In August 2000, Peretti released the hilarious children’s audiocassette series titled Wild and Wacky Totally True Bible Stories, reprising his role as Mr.

The Oath was awarded the 1996 Gold Medallion Award for best fiction.įor kids, Peretti wrote The Cooper Kids Adventure Series (Crossways and Tommy Nelson), which remains a best-selling series for children with sales exceeding 1 million copies. Peretti’s two spiritual warfare novels, This Present Darkness (1998) and Piercing the Darkness (1989), captivated readers, together selling more than 3.5 million copies. The book appeared on Bookstore Journal’s bestseller list every month for more than eight years. After numerous rejections from publishers and a slow start in sales, word-of-mouth enthusiasm finally lifted This Present Darkness onto a tidal wave of interest in spiritual warfare. While working at a local ski factory, he began writing This Present Darkness, the book that would catapult him into the public eye. In 1983, he gave up his pastoring position and began taking construction jobs to make ends meet. Peretti later spent time studying English, screen writing and film at UCLA and then assisted his father in pastoring a small Assembly of God church.

He and his wife were married in 1972, and Peretti soon moved from touring with a pop band to launching a modest Christian music ministry. After graduating from high school, he began playing banjo with a local bluegrass group. Peretti is a natural storyteller who, as a youngster in Seattle, regularly gathered the neighborhood children for animated storytelling sessions. With more than 12 million novels in print, Frank Peretti is nothing short of a publishing phenomenon and has been called “America’s hottest Christian novelist.”

Prophet by Frank E. Peretti