Ted Dekker

The son of missionaries John and Helen Dekker, whose incredible story of life among headhunters in Indonesia has been told in several books, Ted Dekker learned at a very early age the difference between authentic Christianity and so-called religion. 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. Surrounded by the vivid colors of the jungle and a myriad of cultures, Dekker received a first-class education on human nature and behavior. This, he believes, is the foundation of his writing.

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 from Evangel College, Dekker spent time in 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.

In 1997, he sold his business, moved his wife LeeAnn and their four children 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, and he has been exploring Truth through story ever since.

Dekker states that each time he writes, he finds his vision of God just a little clearer and his expression of that vision a little more vivid. His body of work contains over forty novels including Thr3e, The Circle Series, Sinner, and now a number of books for children he wrote with his daughters Rachelle and Kara. In 2013 NPR readers nationwide named him as one of the top suspense writers of all time.