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Frank E. Peretti Biography and News

 

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BIOGRAPHY:
Frank Peretti was born in Canada on January 13, 1951. While he was very young, his family moved to Seattle, Washington, USA. His books have sold over 12 million copies. As The Wounded Spirit reveals, Frank Peretti had health problems as a child. This, his small size, and other factors made him the target of ridicule for his schoolmates. Even as a youngster, Frank had a love for stories, especially those with a horror (or sci-fi) bent. Peretti has been referred to as the Christian Stephen King; nevertheless, Peretti’s works have a higher purpose than to scare for fear’s sake alone.


After graduating high school, Frank Peretti became a banjo player with a local bluegrass group. For a time, he toured with a pop band and later launched a small Christian music ministry. He still enjoys playing music.


Frank attended UCLA where he studied English, screenwriting, and film. Later, he helped his dad in pastoring a small Pentecostal church. In 1983, he left this position and began working construction. It was while Peretti was employed at a local ski factory that he began writing This Present Darkness, one of the most well-known Christian suspense novels. The success of this early work came about by word-of-mouth.


Frank E. Peretti and his wife Barbara Jean, who he married in 1972, live in the northern Idaho. He still enjoys such hobbies as carpentry, banjo making, sculpting, bicycling, piloting, and hiking.

 

 

WHAT HE IS DOING NOW:

Mr. Peretti is currently writing a screenplay so his book Monster can be turned into a movie. The book House will also be turned into a film.

 

The Visitation movie is now available on DVD! More info here.

 

Peretti plays Mr. Henry on the Trinity Broadcasting Network’s children’s show Mr. Henry’s Wild & Wacky World. Also, Frank still performs with his bluegrass band, Northern Cross.

 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FRANK PERETTI BOOKS (in alphabetical order):

·  The Cooper Kids Adventure Series: The Deadly Curse of Toko-rey (1996, youth fiction)

 

·  The Cooper Kids Adventure Series: The Door in the Dragon’s Throat (1990, youth fiction)

 

·  The Cooper Kids Adventure Series: Escape from the Island of Aquarius (1990, youth fiction)

 

·  The Cooper Kids Adventure Series: Flying Blind (1998, youth fiction)

 

·  The Cooper Kids Adventure Series: The Legend of Annie Murphy (1997, youth fiction)

 

·  The Cooper Kids Adventure Series: The Secret of the Desert Stone (1996, youth fiction)

 

·  The Cooper Kids Adventure Series: The Tombs of Anak (1990, youth fiction)

 

·  The Cooper Kids Adventure Series: Trapped at the Bottom of the Sea (1990, youth fiction)  (Also in Spanish.)

 

·  House (2006, fiction) – Co-written with Ted Dekker.

 

·  Monster (2005, fiction)  (Also on CD.)

 

·  No More Bullies (2003, non-fiction) –  Adaptation of The Wounded Spirit.

 

·  No More Victims (2001, non-fiction booklet)

 

·  The Oath (1995, fiction) – 1996 ECPA Gold Medallion Award for best fiction

 

·  Piercing the Darkness (1989, fiction)

 

·  Prophet (1992, fiction)

 

·  This Present Darkness (1986, fiction) (Also on cassette.)

 

·  Tilly (1988, fiction)  – There is a film based on this book.

 

·  The Veritas Project: Hangman's Curse (2001, teen fiction)  (Also on cassette, CD, and in digital format.) – There is a film based on this book.

 

·  The Veritas Project: Nightmare Academy (2002, teen fiction)  (Also on cassette and CD.)

 

·  The Visitation (1999, fiction)  – There is a film based on this book.

 

·  The Wounded Spirit (2000, non-fiction) (Also with Leader’s Guide, on cassette, and as audio download.)

Frank Peretti

 

EXCLUSIVE!

See drawings for a possible comic book adaptation of This Present Darkness.  Just click the picture below…

 

 

 

FRANK E. PERETTI’S CONTACT INFORMATION:

 

Here are Frank’s answers to a variety of common questions.

 

He sometimes participates in the discussions in the Meeting Room at his official website, FrankPeretti.com.

 

To send him a letter, you may be able to contact him via one of these addresses:

 

FRANK PERETTI

c/o THOMAS NELSON, INC

BOX 141000

NASHVILLE TN 37214

 

FRANK PERETTI

c/o TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK

BOX A

SANTA ANA CA 92711

 

You may also be able to contact him via the Ambassador Speakers Bureau & Literary Agency. There’s a link on this page to request information about Frank E. Peretti (below picture on left). There is also a “Contact Us” link at the top of the page.

 

 

CURRENT WEBSITES:

FrankPeretti.com (official website)

Peretti Online (still under construction)

 

 

UPDATE HISTORY FOR THIS PAGE:

Page updated: 08/20/03 (bibliography info added; contact info added; dead link to www.thewoundedspirit.com deleted; minor reformatting)

Page updated: 05/01/04 (what is he doing now section added; tbn contact info added; minor reformatting performed)

Page updated: 08/15/04 (what is he doing info added – THANKS MIKE R.; incorrect link correct; links added; title changed; subtitled added; minor reformatting)

Page updated: 09/30/04 (minor text changes; what is he doing info added – THANKS LBL; link to current website added; ambassador agency contact info added)

Page updated: 11/06/04 (information about upcoming book added – THANKS BRIAN F.)

Page updated: 11/11/04 (more info regarding the visitation added)

Page updated: 11/23/04 (text changes; links added)

Page updated: 12/29/04 (info added)

Page updated: 05/04/05 (info added; upcoming release of monster blurb deleted to bring page up to date – THANKS KAROLYNE C.)

Page updated: 10/20/05 (info added regarding house – THANKS MARK N.; superfluous info about monster removed; info added regarding the visitation movie – THANKS CHRISTINA H.; minor reformatting)

Page updated: 10/26/05 (additional info and link added for the visitation movie; major reformatting; missing picture corrected)

Page updated: 11/22/05 (date of the visitation movie release added – THANKS CHRISTINA H.; comic book pics added – THANKS ADAM M.)

Page updated: 03/22/06 (various information updated; official website added – THANKS MARK N.)

Page updated: 07/27/06 (link to common questions page added; corrected information about birth country; added info; added film mentions)

 

 

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