Frank Schaeffer is a best-selling author. His fiction, humour and nonfiction have received international critical acclaim.

The Los Angeles Times describes his writing as, "A rich brew of cross-cultural comedy." The Guardian says: "funny and wonderfully observed." The Times says: "Schaeffer describes both the pleasures and occasional torments of childhood with charm and humor." Schaeffer has written for USA Today, the Washington Post, Reader's Digest, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Los Angeles Times, the Baltimore Sun and many other publications on topics ranging from his critique of American right-wing fundamentalism to his experiences as a military parent and novelist. He is the author of three critically acclaimed and commercially successful novels, translated into eight languages: Portofino, Zermatt, and Saving Grandma. Schaeffer has also written four nonfiction books, including Keeping Faith: A Father-Son Story About Love and the United States Marine Corps (co-authored with his Marine son John and featured at number 30 on the extended New York Times bestseller list). Schaeffer's second book on the subject of his son's service in the military was Faith Of Our Sons: A Father's Wartime Diary. Frank's book Voices from the Front: Letters Home From America's Military Family was followed by AWOL: The Unexcused Absence of America's Upper Classes From Military Service and How It Hurts Our County. And he comes to Greenbelt fresh from the publication of his most recent memoir Crazy for God: How I Grew Up As One of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right and Lived to Take All (or Almost All) of It Back. A wonderful read, here's how one of our talks booking team describes it on his blog He is married to Genie. They have three children and two grandchildren. Frank and his family have lived in Switzerland, England, and South Africa, and now reside near Boston and in New York.