List of Christian fiction authors
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This is a list of authors of Christian Fiction. Since the 1950s Christian Fiction as a genre has blossomed, and today there are many hundreds of writers that are hugely successful across the world.
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- Taylor CaldwellTaylor CaldwellJanet Miriam Holland Taylor Caldwell was an Anglo-American novelist and prolific author of popular fiction, also known by the pen names Marcus Holland and Max Reiner, and by her married name of J. Miriam Reback....
- Mary Connealy
- Tim LaHayeTim LaHayeTimothy F. LaHaye is an American evangelical Christian minister, author, and speaker. He is best known for the Left Behind series of apocalyptic fiction, which he co-wrote with Jerry B. Jenkins. He has written over 50 books, both fiction and non-fiction.-Early life:LaHaye was born in Detroit,...
- Janette OkeJanette OkeJanette Oke is a Canadian author and pioneer of inspirational fiction. Her books are often set in a pioneer time period and centered around female protagonists...
- Francine RiversFrancine RiversFrancine Sandra Rivers is an American author of fiction with Christian themes, including inspirational romance novels. Prior to becoming a born-again Christian in 1986, Rivers wrote historical romance novels...
- Lynn Austin
- Jennifer Hudson Taylor
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- J. Mark Bertrand
- Steven JamesSteven JamesSteven James is the author of more than thirty books, including the critically acclaimed Bowers Files, an eight-book series of psychological thrillers which currently includes The Pawn, The Rook, The Knight, The Bishop and The Queen. The series has received two Christy Awards and numerous other...
- Randy AlcornRandy AlcornRandy Alcorn is an American Protestant author and director of Eternal Perspective Ministries, a non-profit Christian organization dedicated to teaching an eternal viewpoint and helping the needy of the world. He has written several novels, including Deadline, Dominion, and Deception. He received a...
- Wendy AlecWendy AlecWendy Alec is an author and TV host. She has written several books, including the epic fantasy series, Chronicles of Brothers. Along with her husband Rory Alec, she is the co-founder of GOD TV, and co-host of The Rory & Wendy Alec Show. She is also the GOD TV’s Creative Director.- Biography :Alec...
- Terry Blackstock
- Davis Bunn
- John BunyanJohn BunyanJohn Bunyan was an English Christian writer and preacher, famous for writing The Pilgrim's Progress. Though he was a Reformed Baptist, in the Church of England he is remembered with a Lesser Festival on 30 August, and on the liturgical calendar of the Episcopal Church on 29 August.-Life:In 1628,...
- Nancy Mehl
- Dianne Christner
- Ted DekkerTed DekkerTed Dekker is a New York Times best-selling Christian author best known for mystery and thriller novels, though he has also made a name for himself among fantasy fans. Early in his career he wrote a number of books that would best be categorized as Religious thrillers...
- SQ Eads
- Sibella Giorello
- Alton GanskyAlton GanskyAlton Gansky is an American novelist in the Christian fiction genre.He has written 23 novels and 6 non-fiction books. Beginning in 2009, Mr. Gansky co-authored three military fiction novels, including Certain Jeopardy , Blaze of Glory and Fallen Angel with former Army Ranger Jeff Struecker who...
- Karen HancockKaren HancockKaren Hancock is a Christian science fiction and fantasy author who currently resides in Tucson, Arizona. She was born in Pasadena, California, and earned bachelor's degrees in Biology and Wildlife Biology from the University of Arizona. Her first four novels earned Christy Awards in the...
- Dee Henderson
- John Michael Hileman
- Nike Chillemi
- Joe HilleyJoe HilleyJoe Hilley is a New York Times Best Selling author. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama and grew up on the Gulf Coast in the town of Grand Bay, Alabama. He is a graduate of Asbury College, Asbury Theological Seminary, and Cumberland School of Law at Samford University.Hilley began writing at night...
- Angela Elwell HuntAngela Elwell HuntAngela Elwell Hunt is a prolific Christian author, and her books include The Tale of Three Trees, The Debt, The Note, and The Nativity Story, among others.-Career:...
- Jerry Jenkins
- Jan KaronJan KaronJan Karon is an American writer and novelist, who has written for both children and adults. Karon was born in Lenoir, North Carolina, in 1937, as Janice Meredith Wilson. She retired from a career in advertising and moved to Blowing Rock, North Carolina, to write...
- Karen KingsburyKaren kingsburyKaren Kingsbury is an American Christian novelist. Her first novel was Missy's Murder. She got this idea from an optional topic in the Los Angeles Times....
- Tosca LeeTosca LeeTosca Lee is a critically acclaimed American novelist of speculative fiction. Her sometimes controversial books are best known for their lyrical prose, extensive research, and vivid imagery....
- C.S. Lewis
- Lookman
- Dandi Daley MackallDandi Daley MackallDandi Daley Mackall is an American Christian author with around 400 of her works published for adults and children. Some of her works are the Winnie the Horse Gentler series and the Blog On series, as well as many others...
- Judith MillerJudith McCoy MillerJudith McCoy Miller is an author of Christian fiction. She is sometimes credited by her full name, but other times, she is simply referred to as Judith Miller....
- Gilbert MorrisGilbert MorrisGilbert Morris, is a Christy Award-winning, prolific Christian author. He is also sometimes cited as Gilbert L. Morris or Gilbert Leslie Morris.Gilbert was born May 24 in Forrest City, Arkansas, the son of Osceola M. and Jewell Irene Gilbert Morris....
- Robert LiparuloRobert LiparuloRobert Liparulo is a former journalist, with over a thousand articles and multiple writing awards to his name. Readers of his action-thrillers were not surprised when his visual storytelling style caught the eye of Hollywood producers...
- Frank Peretti
- Tracie PetersonTracie PetersonTracie Peterson is an author of Christian fiction. She writes many historical novels, with romantic threads in them, as well as writing with other Christian authors on joint novels. Many of her books are published by Bethany House...
- Gayle Roper
- Bethany Kennedy ScanlonBethany Kennedy ScanlonBethany Kennedy Scanlon, born March 21, 1975 in Houston, Texas, is an author/speaker who writes for the Christian genre. She writes under the pen name Bethany K. Scanlon....
- Anna Tikvah
- J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. TolkienJohn Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.Tolkien was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Pembroke College,...
- Robert WhitlowRobert WhitlowRobert Whitlow is a film-maker and a best-selling author of eight legal thrillers. He is also a contributor to a short story The Rescuers, a story included in the book What The Wind Picked Up by The ChiLibris Ring...
- Lori WickLori WickLori Wick is an author of Christian fiction, having more than 6 million books in print.She writes a combination of historically based novels and present day, many including romance...
- William P. YoungWilliam P. YoungWilliam Paul Young is a Canadian author, best known for The Shack, a novel.- Biography :Young was the eldest of four, born May 11, 1955, in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada, but the majority of his first decade was lived with his missionary parents in the highlands of Netherlands New Guinea , among...
- Eric Wilson (suspense writer)Eric Wilson (suspense writer)Eric Wilson is a suspense writer. He currently has ten novels in print, four with Waterbrook Press and six with Thomas Nelson. Since he published his first books in 2004, he has had at least one novel published each year since then.His works include Dark to Mortal Eyes, Expiration Date, The Best...
- Kirk Outerbridge
- Mike Duran
- Greg Mitchell (Christian author)
- Jason Jowett