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Frank E. Peretti (b. January 13, 1951) is a novelist who focuses primarily on Christian topics, especially those surrounding spiritual warfare. He has also been a minister licensed to preach in the Assemblies of God churches. more...

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Born in Canada and raised in Seattle, Washington, Frank had a passion for writing and for God since an early age.

Peretti's early success

Peretti, an English and Film major at UCLA in the 1970s, initially became involved in Christian music as a way of combining his interests in art and faith. After a number of years, however, he switched gears, and began working on his first book, This Present Darkness.

In 1986, This Present Darkness was released and achieved remarkable sales success (remaining in the CBA top ten best seller list for over 150 consecutive weeks) -- its story of a demonic threat to a small town, and the Christians and angels who fend off that threat, captured the imaginations of many readers across the United States. The sequel, Piercing the Darkness (1988), was also well received. Together, the two books have sold more than 3.5 million copies to date. Another book, Prophet (1992), combined Peretti's now-signature focus on the spirit realm with the issue of abortion.

Developing his craft

Peretti reportedly felt bad about his early books' success -- he insisted that he had not yet developed his craft as a writer sufficiently, and began working with secular publishers and editors in an attempt to improve his writing. The result, The Oath (1995) has sold 860,000 copies worldwide, and was the recipient of the 1996 ECPA Gold Medallion Book Award for Best Fiction. The Oath left behind the world of angels and demons developed in previous books, but didn't abandon the fantastic: in it, Peretti tells the story of a fictional logging town in Washington and how a bargain its founders once made with a dark force has backfired.

After releasing The Visitation (1999), a story of a town in eastern Washington visited by a man who claims to be Jesus reincarnate, Peretti made a departure from writing his popular novels. In 2000, Peretti released The Wounded Spirit, an autobiographical story of his childhood struggles with physical disfigurement and an examination of how society emotionally abuses and scars children.

In (2005), Peretti released Monster, a novel about a monster that "is real." Continuing his path begun with The Oath and further by The Visitation he writes a story that deals less with spiritual warfare and more of a morals thriller. He explores many angles of survival of the fittest. According to Peretti, the book was purposely written in such a way as to represent a film.

Peretti has also written two series of books for younger readers -- the Cooper Kids Adventure Series (8 books) for pre-teenagers, and the Veritas Project for teens, which has released two books to date (2004).

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