“Ted Dekker is one of the fastest rising names in fiction, with every one of his new releases hitting higher and higher on the NYT list. Dekker engages deep themes, painting good and evil with broad strokes in grand stories that touch the core of readers’ souls. With compelling plots, magnificent themes, and a mind eccentric enough to tie everything together in a unique way, Dekker stands to become one of the greatest Storytellers of this generation.”
Josh Olds, LifeIsStory.com
Ted Dekker is a New York Times best-selling author of more than twenty novels. He is best known for stories which could be broadly described as suspense thrillers with major twists and unforgettable characters, though he has also made a name for himself among fantasy fans. Dekker was born to missionaries who lived among the headhunter tribes of Indonesia. Because his parents’ work often included extended periods of time away from their children, Dekker describes his early life in a culture to which he was a stranger as both fascinating and lonely. It is this unique upbringing that forced him to rely on his own imagination to create a world in which he belonged.
After leaving Indonesia, Dekker graduated from a multi-cultural high school and took up permanent residence in the United States to study Philosophy and Religion. Upon earning his Bachelor’s Degree, he entered the corporate world and proceeded to climb the proverbial ladder. But his personal drive left him restless and, after many successful years, he traded corporate life for wide range of entrepreneurial pursuits that included buying and selling businesses, healthcare services, and marketing.
In the early nineties while visiting a friend who had just written a book, Dekker decided to pursue a long held desire to be a novelist. Over the course of two years he wrote two full length novels before starting from scratch and rewriting both. Now fully enamored by the the process and the stories, he realized that storytelling was in his blood and a new obsession to explore truth through story gripped him anew.
He sold his business, moved his family to the mountains of Western Colorado and began writing full-time on his third novel. Two years and three novels later his first novel was published. Dekker’s novels have sold over 5 million copies worldwide and he continues to rise rapidly in popularity. Dekker resides in Austin, Texas with his wife Lee Ann and two of their daughters.
He has a very active fan page on Facebook and also lurks around Twitter. His website is www.teddekker.com.
The Books of History Chronicles
The Circle Series
Black: The Birth of Evil (2004)
Red: The Heroic Rescue (2004)
White: The Great Pursuit (2004)
Green: The Beginning and the End (2009)
The Circle: The Complete Saga (2011)
The Lost Books
Chosen (2007)
Infidel (2007)
Renegade (2008)
Chaos (2008)
Lunatic (w/ Kaci Hill) (2009)
Elyon (w/ Kaci Hill) (2009)
The Blood Book (w/ Josh Olds, Kevin Kaiser, & Gregg Hart) (2011)
The Paradise Trilogy
Showdown (2006)
Saint (2006)
Sinner (2008)
The Paradise Trilogy (2012)
Standalone Novels
House (w/ Frank Peretti) (2006)
Skin (2007)
Immanuel’s Veins (2010)
Graphic Novels
Black 2007)
Red (2007)
White (2007)
The Circle Visual (2010)
Chosen (2008)
Infidel (2008)
Renegade (2009)
Chaos (2009)
The Lost Books Visual (2010)
The Outlaw Chronicles
Complete Novels
Eyes Wide Open (2013)
Outlaw Chronicles #2 (2013?)
Outlaw Chronicles #3 (2014?)
Serializations
Identity (Eyes Wide Open #1) (2012)
Mirrors (Eyes Wide Open #2) (2012)
Unseen (Eyes Wide Open #3) (2013)
Seer (Eyes Wide Open #4) (2013)
The Books of Mortals (w/ Tosca Lee)
Forbidden (2011)
Mortal (2012)
Sovereign (2013)
The Heaven Trilogy
Heaven’s Wager (2000)
When Heaven Weeps (2001)
Thunder of Heaven (2002)
The Martyr’s Song Novella (2005)
The Heaven Trilogy (2011)
The Caleb Books (w/ Bill Bright)
Blessed Child (2001)
A Man Called Blessed (2002)
Standalone Fiction
Blink (2003)
Thr3e (2003, Hachette 2010)
The Promise (2005)
Obsessed (2005)
The Drummer Boy (2006)
Blink of an Eye (reprint of Blink, 2007; Hachette 2011)
Adam (2008, Hachette 2010)
BoneMan’s Daughters (2009)
Kiss (w/ Erin Healy) (2009)
Burn (w/ Erin Healy) (2010)
The Bride Collector (2010)
To Kill With Reason (2010)
The Priest’s Graveyard (2011)
Genesis: The Birth of An Idea (2011)
The Sanctuary (2012)
Non-Fiction
Slumber of Christianity: Awakening A Passion for Heaven on Earth (2005)
Tea With Hezbollah (w/Carl Medearis) (2010)
Movies
Thr3e (2006)
House (2008)
Interviews
2011 Text Interview on Forbidden
2012 Podcast Interview on Mortal
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