As a child, Chris Fabry wrote stories, songs and poems. The creative process invigorated him. He may not have been a fast reader, but the words on the page had a deep effect. So he vowed that if he ever had the chance to write, he would take it.

After high school, Fabry attended and graduated from the W. Page Pitt School of Journalism at Marshall University in Huntington, WV. After graduation, Fabry and his wife felt a desire for biblical education, so his pastor suggested they check out Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. At Moody, Fabry met Jerry Jenkins, who learned of his desire to write and encouraged him to pursue his dream. In 1998, Jenkins and Dr. Tim LaHaye hired him to write the Left Behind: The Kids series. He wrote 35 books in that series over the next six years. He later collaborated with Jenkins on the Red Rock Mysteries series and The Wormling series, and in 2008 he worked solo on the NASCAR-based RPM series.

Since then he has published four novels for adults: Dogwood, June Bug, Almost Heaven, and his newest novel, Not in the Heart. Each of his first three books was nominated for a Christy Award in the Contemporary Standalone Category, winning in 2009 for Dogwood and in 2011 for Almost Heaven. In addition to his fiction work, Fabry also collaborated on two best-selling football biographies with Ohio State's Jim Tressel and Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints. Altogether, Fabry has published more than 70 books for children and adults.

Fabry's newest novel, Not in the Heart, focuses on Truman Wiley, an out-of-work news reporter and writer, who is estranged from his family due to his gambling addiction. Wiley's 18-year-old son was born with a heart defect and will die soon without a transplant. But Terrelle Conley, a death row convict, wants to donate his heart. Wiley is asked to write a book about Conley's life and in the process uncovers an unsettling truth.

Fabry obtained the idea for his book from several sources over the years. A friend from his TV news days, Sean Callebs, was the pool reporter for an execution of a man in South Carolina. That experience affected him for years. Callebs later went on to work at CNN and is now working with the State Department in Afghanistan. Fabry says the additional gambling addiction component ramps up the tension in the book. "I think we're all addicted to something. I've never been diagnosed with an addiction, but I've had issues with food and soft drinks. Also sports. It's much more respectable than gambling or cocaine or alcohol, but it does the same thing. Anything we use to make ourselves numb to reality and numb to life can restrict our relationship with God," Fabry says.

Fabry's other passion is broadcasting. As part of the DECCA program in high school, he worked at WNST Radio in Milton, WV. During his senior year at Marshall University, he worked for WSAZ-TV as a weekend reporter. In 1985, he began hosting Open Line, a national call-in show which he hosted until 1997. In 1993, he began a six-year stint as co-host of Mornings with Greg and Chris on WMBI in Chicago. Then in May of 2008 he began Chris Fabry Live! which received the 2008 Talk Personality of the Year Award from the National Religious Broadcasters. He can also be heard daily on Love Worth Finding, featuring the teaching of the late Dr. Adrian Rogers, and weekly on Building Relationships with Dr. Gary Chapman, which he co-hosts with his wife, Andrea.

Chris and Andrea have been married for almost 30 years and are the parents of nine children. In October of 2008, after a lengthy time of illness for their family, the Fabrys vacated their home in Colorado due to a toxic mold problem. They left everything behind, moving to Tucson, Arizona, in early 2009 to seek medical help. Their family's health has improved, but they are still seeking to recover from the ordeal. According to Fabry, "My family is what energizes me. Most of all, I want to succeed as a husband and father."