About Frank

Frank Schaeffer is a New York Times bestselling author
of more than a dozen fiction and nonfiction books.

Frank is a survivor of both polio and an evangelical/fundamentalist childhood, an acclaimed writer who overcame severe dyslexia, a homeschooled and self-taught documentary movie director, and a feature film director. He is also an artist with a loyal following of collectors who own many of his oil paintings. Mostly-these days-Frank is a happy stay-at-home grandfather providing childcare for 3 of his 5 grandchildren. His latest book, Fall In Love, Have Children, Stay Put, Save The Planet, Be Happy emphasizes the importance of quality human relationships as the basis of a joy-filled life, as well as the science that backs it up.

Frank has spoken at dozens of major universities, libraries, and museums from the Hammer in L.A. to Harvard, Princeton, and Yale. Frank’s three semi-autobiographical novels about growing up in a fundamentalist mission, Portofino, Zermatt, and Saving Grandma, have been translated into nine languages. His video blogs, in which he has unpacked and even predicted the day's headlines through his unique perspective, and his podcast, In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer, a series which has featured interviews with Artists, Activists, Authors, and Political and Business Leaders, such as Moby, Nicole Lynn Lewis, Rep. Ted Lieu, Eve Rodsky, and Ambassador Matthew Barzun, and a new podcast focusing on modern relationships with Filmmaker Erin Bagwell and Artist and Activist Ernie Gregg, Love in Common: How Does Anyone Do This?, have garnered millions of views and listens among his over 260K followers on various Social Media platforms and beyond.

Frank is a Religious Reform Activist and regular guest commentator on The ReidOut on MSNBC with Joy Reid and has been frequently interviewed by Rachel Maddow. He has also been interviewed on almost every major TV news show from Amanpour and Oprah to the Today show and 20/20. He is a member of the Advisory Board for the Women Business Collaborative, and his memoir Crazy for God, which NPR’s Terry Gross called, “a very important book,” is used as a textbook in history of religion classes and courses in comparative religion and sociology in public and private universities. Frank’s book, Keeping Faith: A Father-Son Story about Love and the United States Marine Corps, was a New York Times bestseller and was described by the commandant of the Marine Corps as a new “Marine family Bible.”