Eric Metaxas is the author of two critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling biographies, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spyand Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery.
He is also the author of the Everything You Always Wanted to Know About God (but were afraid to ask) apologetics trilogy, which has been praised by pastor Tim Keller (“The difficulty is not to gush.”); Dick Cavett (“Stylish and entertaining… Metaxas deserves a prize); and the actress Ann B. Davis (Alice of the Brady Bunch), (“I’m absolutely smitten with this book!”).
Metaxas is Founder and host of Socrates in the City, a Manhattan speakers series on “life, God, and other small topics” featuring such speakers as Dinesh D’Souza, Os Guinness, Sir John Polkinghorne, Baroness Caroline Cox, and Francis Collins.
Eric has worked for VeggieTales, where he co-wrote Lyle the Kindly Viking and was featured as the voice of the narrator on the Esther video. He has authored over 30 children’s books, includingSquanto and the Miracle of Thankgiving. His work for Rabbit Ears radio has won three Grammy nominations for Best Children’s Recording.
Woody Allen has called Eric’s humor writing “quite funny”, and the musician Moby has called Eric “one of the funniest people I know.” Metaxas edited the Yale humor magazine and his humorous essays and cultural commentary have appeared in The New York Times and The Washington Post,among other places.
Eric has debated Christopher Hitchens about Jerry Falwell on CNN and has debated at the Oxford Union on the subject of American Christianity. He has been featured on Huckabee, Hannity & Colmes, NPR’s Morning Edition and Talk of the Nation, and many other programs. Show: The Eric Metaxas Show