Charles Martin (born November 3, 1969) is an author from the Southern United States.
Martin earned his B.A. in English from Florida State University and went on to receive an M.A. in Journalism and a Ph.D. in Communication from Regent University. He currently lives in Jacksonville, Florida with his wife and three sons.
Works
Novels
Awakening series: The Dead Don't Dance (2004) Maggie (2006)
Murphy Shepard series: The Water Keeper (2020) The Letter Keeper (2021) The Record Keeper (Expected publication 2022)
Stand-alones: Wrapped in Rain (2005) When Crickets Cry (2006) Chasing Fireflies: A Novel of Discovery (2007) Where the River Ends (2008) The Mountain Between Us (2010) Thunder and Rain (2012) Unwritten (2013) A Life Intercepted (2014) Water from My Heart (2015) Long Way Gone (2016) Send Down the Rain (2018)
Non-fiction
River Road (2015), memoirs
What If It's True?: A Storyteller’s Journey with Jesus (2019), religion
They Turned the World Upside Down: A Storyteller's Journey with Those Who Dared to Follow Jesus (2021), religion If the Tomb Is Empty: Why the Resurrection Means Anything Is Possible (Expected publication 2022), with Joby Martin, religion If the Tomb Is Empty Study Guide: Why the Resurrection Means Anything Is Possible (Expected publication 2022), with Joby Martin, religion
Adaptations
The Mountain Between Us (2017), film directed by Hany Abu-Assad, based on novel The Mountain Between Us