Frank Edward Peretti is a New York Times best-selling author of Christian fiction, primarily focusing on the supernatural and spiritual warfare. As of 2012, his works have sold over 15 million copies worldwide, and he has been credited by The New York Times as a creator of the Christian thriller genre.

Peretti is renowned for his novels This Present Darkness (1986) and Piercing the Darkness (1989). He has held ministry credentials with the Assemblies of God and previously played the banjo in a bluegrass band called Northern Cross. He currently resides in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, with his wife, Barbara.

With more than 12 million novels in print, Peretti is a publishing phenomenon and has been called “America’s hottest Christian novelist.” A natural storyteller from his youth in Seattle, he frequently gathered neighborhood children for animated storytelling sessions. After high school, he played banjo with a local bluegrass group, married in 1972, and soon transitioned from touring with a pop band to launching a Christian music ministry.

Peretti studied English, screenwriting, and film at UCLA before assisting his father in pastoring a small Assembly of God church. He relinquished his pastoring role in 1983 to focus on his writing career.