Charles Martin (author)

Charles Martin (born November 3, 1969) is an author from the Southern United States.^[1][2] 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^[3] with his wife and three sons.

Charles Martin
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Born	(1969-11-03) November 3, 1969 (age 55) United States
Occupation	Novelist
Genre	Fiction

Works

Novels

Awakening series:

1. The Dead Don't Dance (2004)
2. Maggie (2006)

Murphy Shepard series:

1. The Water Keeper (2020)
2. The Letter Keeper (2021)
3. The Record Keeper (2022)
4. The Keeper (2025)

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)^[2]
• Unwritten (2013)^[1]
• 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),^[4] film directed by Hany Abu-Assad, based on novel The Mountain Between Us

Bibliography

• Martin, Charles (July 24, 2008). Where the River Ends. Ebury Press. ISBN 978-0-09-192700-4.