Lee Patrick Strobel, born on January 25, 1952, in Arlington Heights, Illinois, is an American Christian author, former investigative journalist, and a notable figure in apologetics. Strobel's journey from atheism to Christianity has significantly influenced his body of work, which includes being a former award-winning legal editor of The Chicago Tribune and a New York Times best-selling author of more than forty books and curricula, amassing sales of fourteen million copies globally.

Strobel has earned a reputation within the evangelical community as "one of the most popular apologists," as described in the Washington Post. His academic credentials include a Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of Missouri and a Master of Studies in Law degree from Yale Law School. During his fourteen-year tenure as a journalist with The Chicago Tribune and other newspapers, Strobel received Illinois’ highest honors for investigative reporting and public service journalism from United Press International.

After exploring the evidence for Jesus for nearly two years, Strobel became a Christian in 1981. He has since served as a teaching pastor at three of America’s largest churches, hosted the national network TV program Faith Under Fire, and held positions as Professor of Christian Thought at Houston Baptist University and First Amendment law at Roosevelt University.

In 2017, Strobel's spiritual journey was portrayed in the award-winning motion picture, The Case for Christ, which was available on Netflix. He has received national awards for several of his books, including The Case for Christ, The Case for Faith, The Case for a Creator, and The Case for Grace. His most recent publications are The Case for Miracles and The Case for Heaven (September 2021).

Strobel has been honored by The Christian Post among the top evangelicals making an impact and cited as one of the thirty most influential Christian thinkers in the 2019 book Faith Thinkers. He and his wife, Leslie, have been married for forty-eight years, and are parents to Alison, a novelist and homeschooling expert, and Kyle, a professor of spiritual theology at the Talbot School of Theology at Biola University.